Cascading impacts of bark beetle-caused tree mortality on coupled biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 416-424

  Edburg, Steven L ^a   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^b   Brooks, Paul D ^c   Pendall, Elise G ^d   Ewers, Brent E ^d   Norton, Urszula ^d   Gochis, David ^e   Gutmann, Ethan D ^e   Meddens, Arjan J H ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOPHYSICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FIRE; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARASITE INFESTATION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84867013256     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/110173     Document Type: Review

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