Effects of fire and fire surrogate treatments on bark beetle-caused tree mortality in the Southern Cascades, California

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-73

  Fettig, Christopher ^a   Borys, Robert ^a   Dabney, Christopher ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroctonus brevicomis; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Prescribed fire; Scolytus ventralis; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; CALIFORNIA; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DIAMETER CLASS; FIR TREES; FIRE SURROGATES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOPKINS; LODGEPOLE PINE; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PINE BEETLE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINES; PRESCRIBED FIRES; TREATMENT EFFECTS; TREE MORTALITY; UNTREATED CONTROL;

FIRES; LANDFORMS; SOFTWOODS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

FORESTRY;

FOREST FIRES; SOFTWOODS; SUGAR; THINNING;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS LAMBERTIANA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE; SCOLYTUS VENTRALIS;

EID: 76749171096     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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