Fire and bark beetle interactions

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 784, 2009, Pages 51-69

  Gibson, Ken ^a   Negrón, José F ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Fire; Fire insect interactions

Indexed keywords

BARK; BEETLE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION OUTBREAK; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 70349519192     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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