Low-severity fire increases tree defense against bark beetle attacks

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1846-1855

  Hood, Sharon ^a   Sala, Anna ^a   Heyerdahl, Emily K ^b   Boutin, Marion ^c   Raffa, K F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Dendrochronology; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Disturbance; Herbivory; Pinus ponderosa; Plant defense; Resin duct production; Tree rings; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; TREE RING; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA;

DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; IPS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE;

PLANT RESIN;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; FIRE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PONDEROSA PINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FIRES; PINUS PONDEROSA; RESINS, PLANT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84937020025     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0487.1     Document Type: Article

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