Spatiotemporal patterns of observed bark beetle-caused tree mortality in British Columbia and the western United States

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1876-1891

  Meddens, Arjan J H ^a   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^a   Ferguson, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Bark beetles; British Columbia; Forest disturbance; Mortality area; Tree mortality; Western United States

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BEETLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MORTALITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84868531141     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1785.1     Document Type: Article

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