Disturbance Regimes and Stressors

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-92

  Ayres, Matthew P ^a   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^b   Kerns, Becky K ^c   McKenzie, Don ^d   Littell, Jeremy S ^e   Band, Lawrence E ^f   Luce, Charles H ^g   Weed, Aaron S ^a   Raymond, Crystal L ^h  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^g ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^h Seattle City Light   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark Beetle; Fire Regime; Fire Risk; Forest Ecosystem; Invasive Plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987894441     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7515-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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