A provincial and regional assessment of the mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia: 1999-2008

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Wulder, M A ^a   Ortlepp, S M ^a   White, J C ^a   Nelson, T ^b   Coops, N C ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 step clustering; Infestation; Mountain pine beetle; Spread; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; DISEASE SPREAD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EPIDEMIC; FOREST HEALTH; PARASITE INFESTATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 77954368581     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201000161     Document Type: Article

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