Thinning Jeffrey pine stands to reduce susceptibility to bark beetle infestations in California, U.S.A.

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Fettig, Christopher J ^a   Hayes, Christopher J ^a   Jones, Karen J ^b   McKelvey, Stephen R ^a   Mori, Sylvia L ^a   Smith, Sheri L ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroctonus brevicomis; Dendroctonus jeffreyi; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Ips; Pinus jeffreyi; Pinus ponderosa; Scolytinae; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS JEFFREYI; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; IPS; IPS PINI; LATIDENS; ORTHOTOMICUS; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE; SCOLYTUS VENTRALIS;

EID: 84855989343     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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