Limber pine in the central and southern Rocky Mountains: Stand conditions and interactions with blister rust, mistletoe, and bark beetles

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 358, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-153

  Cleaver, Christy M ^a,b   Jacobi, William R ^a   Burns, Kelly S ^b   Means, Robert E ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c BLM Wyoming State Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Arceuthobium cyanocarpum; Bark beetles; Cronartium ribicola; Pinus flexilis; Stand condition assessment; White pines

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMAGE DETECTION; DECISION MAKING; LANDFORMS; RESTORATION;

ARCEUTHOBIUM CYANOCARPUM; BARK BEETLE; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS FLEXILIS; WHITE PINE;

FORESTRY;

BARK; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIEBACK; FUNGUS; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; RUST DISEASE; STAND STRUCTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS; INSECTS; MORTALITY; MOUNTAINS; PINUS FLEXILIS;

COLORADO; MICHIGAN; MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WHITE PINE; WYOMING;

ARCEUTHOBIUM CYANOCARPUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS FLEXILIS; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84941686742     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.010     Document Type: Article

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