Ponderosa pine mortality during a severe bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) outbreak in southern British Columbia and implications for wildlife habitat management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Klenner, Walt ^a   Arsenault, André ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark beetles (Dendroctonus sp.); Disturbance regime; Dry forest management; Ponderosa pine

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; DENDROCTONUS; DISTURBANCE REGIME; DRY FORESTS; PONDEROSA PINES;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY RISK; SILVICULTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BARK; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INSECTS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SURVEYS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SCOLYTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71949103036     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.035     Document Type: Article

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