Effects of bark beetle-caused tree mortality on wildfire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 271, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-90

  Hicke, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Johnson, Morris C ^b   Hayes, Jane L ^c   Preisler, Haiganoush K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Fire behavior; Forest disturbances; Fuels; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CROWN FIRES; EXPECTED EFFECTS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGERS; FOREST DISTURBANCES; KEY FACTORS; MAKING DECISION; TREE MORTALITY; WILDFIRE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; FUELS; PUBLISHING;

FIRES;

BARK; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; WILDFIRE;

FOREST FIRES; FUELS; INSECTS; PUBLISHING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84863402087     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.02.005     Document Type: Review

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