Stand recovery and self-organization following large-scale mountain pine beetle induced canopy mortality in northern forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 300-311

  Amoroso, Mariano M ^a   David Coates, K ^b,c   Astrup, Rasmus ^c,d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c Bulkley Valley Research Centre   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mountain pine beetle; Radial growth; Regeneration; Stand recovery

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; NATURAL REGENERATION; RADIAL GROWTH; REGENERATION; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

REFORESTATION;

BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SELF ORGANIZATION; STAND DYNAMICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FLATHEAD VALLEY;

EID: 84884215770     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.037     Document Type: Article

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