Fuel complex alterations associated with spruce beetle-induced tree mortality in intermountain spruce/fir forests

Forest Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 232-240

  Jorgensen, Carl Arik ^a   Jenkins, Michael James ^b  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Dendroctonus; Engelmann spruce; Fire and fuels; Spruce beetle

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS; ENGELMANN SPRUCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUEL LOADS; HERBACEOUS MATERIALS; LITTER DEPTH; NATIONAL FORESTS; SIZE CLASS; SPRUCE BEETLES; SPRUCE-FIR; TREE MORTALITY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUELS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST FIRES; FUELS; INSECTS; MOUNTAINS; PICEA ENGELMANNII; UTAH;

ABIES; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84858700905     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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