A comment on "Management for mountain pine beetle outbreak suppression: Does relevant science support current policy?"

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 822-826

  Fettig, Christopher J ^a   Gibson, Kenneth E ^b   Munson, A Steven ^b   Negrón, Jose F ^c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroctonus ponderosae; Direct control; Indirect control; Pinus contorta; Pinus ponderosa; Sanitation; Thinning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902655680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5040822     Document Type: Note

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