Spatial and temporal patterns of Landsat-based detection of tree mortality caused by a mountain pine beetle outbreak in Colorado, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 322, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-88

  Meddens, Arjan J H ^a   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Forest disturbance; Landsat; Mountain pine beetle; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; LINEAR REGRESSION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BARK BEETLE; FOREST DISTURBANCES; LANDSAT; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSECTS; PINUS MUGO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CANADA; COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84899961547     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.037     Document Type: Article

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