Bark beetle responses to stand structure and prescribed fire at blacks mountain experimental forest, california, usa: 5-year data

Fire Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 26-42

  Fettig, Christopher J ^a   McKelvey, Stephen R ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies concolor; Dendroctonus; Fuel reduction; Ips; Pinus jeffreyi; Pinus ponderosa; Resiliency; Scolytus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE;

BLACKS MOUNTAIN EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; IPS; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE; SCOLYTUS; SCOLYTUS VENTRALIS;

EID: 77956962252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19339747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0602026     Document Type: Article

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