Tree regeneration and future stand development after bark beetle infestation and harvesting in Colorado lodgepole pine stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2168-2175

  Collins, Byron J ^a   Rhoades, Charles C ^a   Hubbard, Robert M ^a   Battaglia, Michael A ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest management; Mountain pine beetle; Rocky Mountain forests; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SILVICULTURE;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS;

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; BEETLE; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERSTORY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; TERRAIN; TIMBER;

ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HARVESTING; INSECTS; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINS; PINUS MUGO; REFORESTATION; SILVICULTURE; STAND COMPOSITION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 79955030834     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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