Climate variability and spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreaks in south-central and southwest Alaska

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1459-1470

  Sherriff, Rosemary L ^a   Berg, Edward E ^b   Miller, Amy E ^c,d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kenai National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Peninsula; Dendroctonus rufipennis; Dendroecology; El N no Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Forest disturbance; Kenai Peninsula; Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO); Tree rings; White spruce (Picea glauca)

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INFECTIVITY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; TREE RING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EL NINO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPRUCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PICEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 79960451064     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1118.1     Document Type: Article

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