Elevational shifts in thermal suitability for mountain pine beetle population growth in a changing climate

Forestry

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 271-283

  Bentz, Barbara J ^a   Duncan, Jacob P ^b   Powell, James A ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bark beetle; Climate change; Demographic model; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Phenology; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; DETECTION METHOD; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; SYNCHRONY; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; HEXAPODA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84977109307     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpv054     Document Type: Article

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