Forest structure and regeneration following a mountain pine beetle epidemic in southeastern Wyoming

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-66

  Kayes, Lori J ^a   Tinker, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance regeneration; Forest composition; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; Overstory density; Rocky Mountains

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE REGENERATION; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; LODGEPOLE PINE; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EPIDEMIC; HETEROGENEITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLEOPTERA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 80054679926     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.035     Document Type: Article

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