Landscape-scale quantification of fire-induced change in canopy cover following mountain pine beetle outbreak and timber harvest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 391, Issue , 2017, Pages 164-175

  McCarley, T Ryan ^a   Kolden, Crystal A ^a   Vaillant, Nicole M ^b   Hudak, Andrew T ^c   Smith, Alistair M S ^a   Kreitler, Jason ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Eastern Cascades; Fire effects; LiDAR; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; OPTICAL RADAR; TIMBER;

BURN SEVERITY; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FIRE EFFECT; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

BARK; BEETLE; CARBON BALANCE; FIRE HISTORY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING; WILDFIRE;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRES; HARVESTING; INSECTS; SHELTERWOOD;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 85013188398     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.015     Document Type: Article

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