Impact of the first recorded outbreak of the douglas-fir tussock moth, orgyia pseudotsugata, in southern california and the extent of its distribution in the pacific southwest region

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 329, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-305

  Coleman, Tom W ^a   Jones, Michael I ^b,e   Courtial, Béatrice ^c   Graves, Andrew D ^a   Woods, Meghan ^a   Roques, Alain ^c   Seybold, Steven J ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^d PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e USDA Forest Service Research Pacific Southwest Research Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abies concolor; Baja California Norte; Defoliation; Land use changes; Mexico; Risk model; Scolytus ventralis

Indexed keywords

MAPS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABIES CONCOLOR; BAJA CALIFORNIA; DEFOLIATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; ME-XICO; RISK MODEL; SCOLYTUS VENTRALIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; MOTH; NEW RECORD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY; LAND USE; MAPS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904690465     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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