Modeling lodgepole and jack pine vulnerability to mountain pine beetle expansion into the western Canadian boreal forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 274, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-171

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   Waring, Richard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 PG model; Boreal region; Climate change; Decision tree analysis; Jack pine; Lodgepole pine

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; BOREAL FORESTS; BOREAL REGIONS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATIC DATA; CRITICAL INFORMATION; CURRENT RANGE; DECISION TREE ANALYSIS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FOREST HEALTH; HOPKINS; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; JACK PINE; LARGE REGIONS; LODGEPOLE PINE; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PINE FOREST; PINE SPECIES; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS CONTORTA; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; POTENTIAL RANGE; RANGE EXPANSION; SASKATCHEWAN; TREE SPECIES;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION TREES; EXPANSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BOREAL FOREST; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECISION ANALYSIS; FOREST HEALTH; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FORESTS; INSECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84859952560     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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