Forest composition following overstory mortality from southern pine beetle and associated treatments

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1406-1418

  Coleman, T W ^a,b   Clarke, Stephen R ^b   Meeker, James R ^b   Rieske, L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; LAND RECLAMATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

BARK BEETLES; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; EVEN AGED STANDS; FOREST COMPOSITION; FOREST STRUCTURES; NORTH AMERICA; REGENERATION (RENOVATING); SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE (SPB); STEM DENSITY; UNDISTURBED (IGC: D6/D7);

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; REGENERATION; REVEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BARK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; MORTALITY; PLANTS; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; PINUS TAEDA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 46749117655     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-248     Document Type: Article

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