Changes in stand structure in uneven-aged lodgepole pine stands impacted by mountain pine beetle epidemics and fires in central British Columbia

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-99

  Axelson, Jodi N ^a   Alfaro, René I ^a   Hawkes, Brad C ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex stands; Dendroecology; Lodgepole pine; Mixed severity fire regime; Mountain pine beetle

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRES; LANDFORMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DENDROECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES; FIRE REGIMES; INTERIOR DOUGLAS-FIR; LODGEPOLE PINE; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EPIDEMIC; EVERGREEN FOREST; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; STAND DYNAMICS; TIMBER; UNDERSTORY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 77949404001     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86087-1     Document Type: Article

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