Ponderosa pine characteristics associated with attack by the roundheaded pine beetle

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 473-483

  Fischer, Melissa J ^a   Waring, Kristen M ^b   Hofstetter, Richard W ^b   Kolb, Thomas E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Dendroctonus adjunctus; Host selection; Pinus ponderosa

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; BASAL AREA INCREMENT; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS; HOST SELECTION; NEEDLE LENGTH; NORTHERN ARIZONA; PINE BEETLE; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINES; RESIN COMPOSITION; SCOLYTINAE; TREE GROWTH;

HYDROCARBONS; NEEDLES; RESINS;

FORESTRY;

ARIZONA; FORESTRY; HYDROCARBONS; INSECTS; NEEDLES; NODALITY; PHLOEM; PINUS PONDEROSA; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS ADJUNCTUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 77958514262     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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