Geographic analysis of the impacts of mountain pine beetle infestation on forest fire ignition

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-202

  Bourbonnais, Mathieu L ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

arbres de r gression; Colombie Britannique; dendroctone du pin ponderosa; d clenchement des feux; valuation des noyaux de densit

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FOREST FIRE; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84902536542     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2013.12057.x     Document Type: Article

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