Do bark beetle outbreaks increase wildfire risks in the central U.S. rocky mountains? Implications from recent research

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Black, Scott H ^a   Kulakowski, Dominik ^b   Noon, Barry R ^c   Dellasala, Dominick A ^d  

^a The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d GEOS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bark beetles; Dendroctonus; forest health; forest management; wildfire

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIC; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; PEST OUTBREAK; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS; HEXAPODA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS CONTORTA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84872831218     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.033.0107     Document Type: Article

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