Delayed conifer mortality after fuel reduction treatments: Interactive effects of fuel, fire intensity, and bark beetles

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-337

  Youngblood, Andrew ^a   Grace, James B ^b   Mciver, James D ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Douglas fir; Latent mortality; Path models; Ponderosa pine; Restoration treatments; Stand structure; Structural equation modeling; Thinning.

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FUELWOOD; GROWING SEASON; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; WILDFIRE; WOODY DEBRIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DOUGLAS FIR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORESTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PONDEROSA PINE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; FORESTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OREGON; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 65349128187     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1751.1     Document Type: Article

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