Large carbon release legacy from bark beetle outbreaks across Western United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3087-3101

  Ghimire, Bardan ^a,b   Williams, Christopher A ^a   Collatz, G James ^c   Vanderhoof, Melanie ^a   Rogan, John ^a   Kulakowski, Dominik ^a   Masek, Jeffrey G ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Disturbances; Forests

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST; PEST OUTBREAK;

UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; SCOLYTINAE;

CARBON;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937512775     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12933     Document Type: Article

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