The influence of mountain pine beetle outbreaks and drought on severe wildfires in northwestern Colorado and southern Wyoming: A look at the past century

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1686-1696

  Kulakowski, Dominik ^a   Jarvis, Daniel ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Disturbance interactions; Pinus contorta

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; BARK BEETLE; COLORADO; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DISTURBANCE INTERACTIONS; DRY CONDITION; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE RISKS; LODGEPOLE PINE; LODGEPOLE PINE FORESTS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PINUS CONTORTA; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; STUDY AREAS; WYOMING;

DROUGHT; FIRES; LANDFORMS; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; PEST OUTBREAK; RECONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

BARK; COLORADO; DROUGHT; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; INSECTS; PINUS CONTORTA; WATER SUPPLY; WYOMING;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84860389430     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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