Comparing the impacts of mitigation and non-mitigation on mountain pine beetle populations

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Coggins, Sam B ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   Bater, Christopher W ^a   Ortlepp, Stephanie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field observations; Lodgepole pine; Mitigation; Mountain pine beetle; Population modelling; Western Canada

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS;

BEETLE INFESTATION; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HOPKINS; LODGEPOLE PINE; MITIGATION; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PINE TREES; POPULATION MODEL; WESTERN CANADA;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; FIELD SURVEY; MITIGATION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION MODELING;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; HARVESTING; INFESTATION; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; NONHUMAN; SANITATION; TREE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 77957765565     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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