Influence of fire and mountain pine beetle on the dynamics of lodgepole pine stands in British Columbia, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1874-1882

  Axelson, Jodi N ^a   Alfaro, René I ^a   Hawkes, Brad C ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FIRES; LANDFORMS;

20TH CENTURIES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST MEASUREMENTS; HOPKINS; LODGEPOLE PINE; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; MULTI-AGED STANDS; ONE-LAYER STRUCTURES; PINUS CONTORTA; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURES; TIMBER SUPPLIES; TREE MORTALITIES;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; FIRE; PEST OUTBREAK; RECONSTRUCTION; REGENERATION; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; INSECTS; MOUNTAINS; PINUS; REFORESTATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 63049120685     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.047     Document Type: Article

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