Modelling the effects of the mountain pine beetle on snowmelt in a subalpine forest

Ecohydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 226-241

  Perrot, Danielle ^a   Molotch, Noah P ^a,b   Musselman, Keith N ^c   Pugh, Evan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountain pine beetle; Snow vegetation interactions; Snowmelt modeling; Tree death

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

COLORADO RIVER BASIN; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; SNOWMELT MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TREE DEATH;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MORTALITY; SNOWMELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY; INSECTS; PINUS MUGO; PLANTS; SNOW;

COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84897490897     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1329     Document Type: Article

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