Fuels and fire behavior dynamics in bark beetle-attacked forests in Western North America and implications for fire management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 275, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-34

  Jenkins, Michael J ^a   Page, Wesley G ^a   Hebertson, Elizabeth G ^b   Alexander, Martin E ^a,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Crown fire; Fire behavior; Fire modeling; Fire suppression; Forest flammability

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; CROWN FIRES; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MODELING; FIRE SUPPRESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES; FUEL GAGES; FUELS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST HEALTH; LAND MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; CROWNS; FLAMMABILITY; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INTERIOR PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84860508246     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.036     Document Type: Review

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