Explanations of a changing landscape: A critical examination of the British Columbia bark beetle epidemic

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 598-613

  Petersen, Brian ^a   Stuart, Diana ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Forest management; Mountain pine beetles; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901026845     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4672     Document Type: Article

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