The once and future forest: Consequences of mountain pine beetle treatment decisions

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 527-538

  Gillette, Nancy E ^a   Wood, David L ^b   Hines, Sarah J ^c   Runyon, Justin B ^d   Negrón, José F ^d  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Dendroctonus; Insecticides; Semiochemicals; Thinning

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FIRES; INSECTICIDES;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; SEMIOCHEMICALS; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; THINNING; WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION;

FORESTRY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FIRES; FORESTRY; INSECTICIDES; THINNING;

EID: 84902327392     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.13-040     Document Type: Review

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