Pollen accumulation in lake sediments during historic spruce beetle disturbances in subalpine forests of southern Utah, USA

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 961-974

  Morris, Jesse L ^a   Brunelle, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies lasiocarpa; Dendroctonus; disturbance; Picea engelmannii; pollen; sediment; spruce beetle; subalpine forests

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BARK; BEETLE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND MANAGEMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PEST OUTBREAK; POLLEN; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84865159322     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612437870     Document Type: Article

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