Foliar moisture content variations in lodgepole pine over the diurnal cycle during the red stage of mountain pine beetle attack

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-102

  Page, Wesley G ^a   Jenkins, Michael J ^a   Alexander, Martin E ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Crown fire; Fine dead fuel moisture; Model evaluation

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; CROWN FIRES; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FINE DEAD FUEL; MODEL EVALUATION; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE;

FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FUELS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; COLONIZATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORTALITY RISK; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST OUTBREAK; WILDFIRE;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; INSECTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PINUS CONTORTA;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883498962     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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