Influence of Mountain Pine Beetle on Fuels, Foliar Fuel Moisture Content, and Litter and Volatile Terpenes in Whitebark Pine
Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) has caused extensive tree mortality in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm) forests. Previous studies conducted in various conifer forests have shown that fine surface fuels are significantly altered during a bark beetle outbreak. Bark beetl...
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DigitalCommons@USU
2013
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2049 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3053&context=etd |