If Long-Term Resistance to a Spruce Beetle Epidemic is Futile, Can Silvicultural Treatments Increase Resilience in Spruce-Fir Forests in the Central Rocky Mountains?

If Long-Term Resistance to a Spruce Beetle Epidemic is Futile, Can Silvicultural Treatments Increase Resilience in Spruce-Fir Forests in the Central Rocky Mountains?

Within the Central Rocky Mountains, spruce beetle populations have the potential to rapidly transition from endemic to epidemic levels in the spruce-fir (Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir) forest type. Conventional management has focused on creating resistance to spruce beetle outbreaks by manipula...

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Main Authors: Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione, James N. Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
alternative silviculture
spruce beetle
single tree selection
group selection
shelterwood with reserves
resistance
resilience
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/4/1157

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