Response of bark beetles and their natural enemies to fire and fire surrogate treatments in mixed-conifer forests in western Montana

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 761-772

  Six, Diana L ^a   Skov, Kjerstin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleridae; D. brevicomis; D. pseudotsugae; D. valens; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Ips pini; Medetera; Thinning; Tree defenses

Indexed keywords

CLERIDAE; D. BREVICOMIS; D. PSEUDOTSUGAE; D. VALENS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; IPS PINI; MEDETERA; THINNING; TREE DEFENSES;

FIRES; LANDING; RESINS; SOFTWOODS; TURPENTINE;

FORESTRY;

BARK; BEETLE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT DEFENSE; RESIN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; THINNING; VIGOR;

FIRES; FORESTRY; SOFTWOODS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; THINNING; TREES; TURPENTINE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLERIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DENDROCTONUS PSEUDOTSUGAE; DENDROCTONUS VALENS; HEXAPODA; IPS PINI; MEDETERA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 67650098152     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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