Impact of a mountain pine beetle outbreak on young lodgepole pine stands in Central British Columbia

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3483-3500

  Dhar, Amalesh ^a,b   Balliet, Nicole A ^a   Runzer, Kyle D ^a   Hawkins, Christopher D B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c YUKON COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological zone; Lodgepole pine; Mid term timber supply; Mountain pine beetle; Residual trees; Stocking

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LANDFORMS; TIMBER;

ECOLOGICAL ZONES; LODGEPOLE PINE; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; RESIDUAL TREES; STOCKING; TIMBER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

AGE CLASS; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EPIDEMIC; PEST OUTBREAK; STAND DYNAMICS; TIMBER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84946412398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6103483     Document Type: Article

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