Risk rating for mountain pine beetle infestation of lodgepole pine forests over large areas with ordinal regression modelling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 900-912

  Robertson, C ^a   Wulder, M A ^b   Nelson, T A ^a   White, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Mountain pine beetle; Risk rating

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PROCESSING; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BARK BEETLES; BIOGEOCLIMATIC ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHT; DIRECT CONTROL; DISCRIMINATORY POWER; FIELD STUDIES; FOREST MANAGERS; HOPKINS; LATIFOLIA; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; MITIGATION ACTIVITIES; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; OPERATIONAL RISKS; ORDINAL REGRESSION; RISK RATING; RISK RATINGS; SALVAGE HARVESTING; SHORT-WAVE RADIATIONS; SITE INDEX; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TREE-MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MITIGATION; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

AREA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; INFESTATION; INSECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS CONTORTA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANDERHOOF FOREST;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 48849089811     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.054     Document Type: Article

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