Rapid increases in forest understory diversity and productivity following a mountain pine beetle ( Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak in pine forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Pec, Gregory J ^a   Karst, Justine ^a   Sywenky, Alexandra N ^a   Cigan, Paul W ^a   Erbilgin, Nadir ^a   Simard, Suzanne W ^b   Cahill, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FOREST; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PINE; PLANT RESPONSE; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE GROWTH; VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT; ALBERTA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84928911135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124691     Document Type: Article

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