Bark beetles in a changing climate

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 784, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Lundquist, John E ^a   Bentz, Barbara J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Climate normals; Global warming; Latitudinal gradient

Indexed keywords

BARK; BEETLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST OUTBREAK;

ALASKA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 70349497312     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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