Low-severity fires increase susceptibility of lodgepole pine to mountain pine beetle outbreaks in Colorado

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 544-550

  Kulakowski, Dominik ^a   Jarvis, Daniel ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Disturbance interactions; Forest disturbance; Pinus contorta; Subalpine forests

Indexed keywords

COLORADO; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FOREST DISTURBANCES; PINUS CONTORTA; SUBALPINE FORESTS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PINUS CONTORTA;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; HEXAPODA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84871840100     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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