Stand and landscape-level simulations of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and salvage logging effects on live tree and deadwood habitats in south-central British Columbia, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Lewis, Doug ^a  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological legacies; Coarse woody debris; Mountain pine beetle; Residual trees; Salvage logging; Snags

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL LEGACIES; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; HOPKINS; LODGEPOLE PINE; MATURE FOREST; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; PINE STAND; PINUS CONTORTA; RESIDUAL LIVE TREES; SALVAGE LOGGING; SITE QUALITY; SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA; TIMBER HARVESTS; TREE AGE; TREE MORTALITY; TREE SIZE;

DEBRIS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; SOFTWOODS;

WELL LOGGING;

BEETLE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SNAG; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY; INSECTS; LOGGING; MOUNTAINS; PINUS; SALVAGE; SOFTWOODS; TREES; WASTES; WOOD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 71649089264     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.031     Document Type: Article

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