Does wildfire likelihood increase following insect outbreaks in conifer forests?

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Meigs, Garrett W ^a,b   Campbell, John L ^a   Zald, Harold S J ^a   Bailey, John D ^a   Shaw, David C ^a   Kennedy, Robert E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

bark beetle; Choristoneura freemani; defoliator; Dendroctonus ponderosae; disturbance interactions; fire; forest health; mountain pine beetle; Pacific Northwest; western spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957892015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES15-00037.1     Document Type: Article

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