Tree and stand-level patterns and predictors of Norway spruce mortality caused by bark beetle infestation in the Tatra Mountains

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 354, Issue , 2015, Pages 261-271

  Sproull, Gregory J ^a,b   Adamus, Michał ^b   Bukowski, Marcin ^c   Krzyzanowski, Tomasz ^c   Szewczyk, Janusz ^b   Statwick, Joseph ^a   Szwagrzyk, Jerzy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^c Tatra National Park   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Ips typographus; Outbreak; Picea abies; Stand complexity; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOOSTED REGRESSION TREES; IPS TYPOGRAPHUS; OUTBREAK; PICEA ABIES; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; DISTURBANCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVORSHIP; TOPOGRAPHY;

CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA; TATRA MOUNTAINS; TATRAS NATIONAL PARK;

IPS TYPOGRAPHUS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84945439724     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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