Influence of recent bark beetle outbreak on fire severity and postfire tree regeneration in montane Douglas-fir forests

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2475-2486

  Harvey, Brian J ^a   Donato, Daniel C ^a   Romme, William H ^b   Turner, Monica G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound disturbance; Dendroctonus pseudotsugae; Disturbance interactions; Douglas fir beetle; Fire ecology; Greater Yellowstone; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Rocky Mountains, USA

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION OUTBREAK; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PSEUDOTSUGAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84887875329     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0188.1     Document Type: Article

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