Ecohydrology of an outbreak: Mountain pine beetle impacts trees in drier landscape positions first

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 444-454

  Kaiser, Kendra E ^a,b   Mcglynn, Brian L ^a,b   Emanuel, Ryan E ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ecohydrology; Emergent properties; Landscape structure; Mountain hydrology; Mountain pine beetle; Remote sensing; Vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECO-HYDROLOGY; EMERGENT PROPERTY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGY; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; VEGETATION PATTERN;

DIAGNOSIS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION INDEX;

DIAGNOSIS; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; INSECTS; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SHEDS;

MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84879410817     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1286     Document Type: Article

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