Evaluating potential fire behavior in lodgepole pine-dominated forests after a mountain pine beetle epidemic in north-central Colorado

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 101-109

  Klutsch, Jennifer G ^a,b   Battaglia, Mike A ^a   West, Daniel R ^a   Costello, Sheryl L ^c   Negrón, José F ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Fire types; Pinus contorta; Species composition

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FUEL GAGES; FUELS; LANDFORMS; SMOKE;

BARK BEETLE; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; PINUS CONTORTA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND CHARACTERISTICS; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

COLORADO; EXTRACTIVES; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; INSECTS; PINUS CONTORTA; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 79959747672     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/26.3.101     Document Type: Article

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