Bark Beetle-fire Associations in the Greater Yellowstone Area
Title | Bark Beetle-fire Associations in the Greater Yellowstone Area PDF eBook |
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Pages | 8 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Bark beetles |
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The large forest fires in and around Yellowstone National Park in 1988 bring up many ecologial questions, including the role of bark beetles. Bark beetles may contribute to fuel buildup over the years preceding a fire, resulting in stand replacement fires. Fire is important to the survival of seral tree species and bark beetles that reproduce them. Without fire, seral species are ultimately replaced by climax species. Following fire, bark-and wood-boring beetles respond to fire-injured trees. Because of synchrony of the fires and life cycles of the beetles, beetle infestation in 1988 was not observed in fire-injured trees. However, endemic populations of beetles, upon emergence in 1989, infested large numbers of fire-injured trees. Of the trees examined in each species, 28 to 65 percent were infested by bark beetles: Pinus contorta (28 percent by Ips pini: Pseudotsuga menziesii (32 percent) by Dendroctonus pseudotsugae; Picea engelmannii (65 percent) by Dendroctonus rufipennis; and Abies lasiocarpa (35 percent) by Buprestidae and Cerambycidae. Most trees infested by bark beetles had 50 percent or more of their basal circumference killed by fire. Bark beetle populations probably will increase in the remaining fire-injured trees.
Bark Beetle and Wood Borer Infestation in the Greater Yellowstone Area During Four Postfire Years
Title | Bark Beetle and Wood Borer Infestation in the Greater Yellowstone Area During Four Postfire Years PDF eBook |
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Pages | 12 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Bark beetles |
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Bark Beetle-fire-forest Interactions in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Title | Bark Beetle-fire-forest Interactions in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Simard |
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Pages | 122 |
Release | 2010 |
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Fire and the Environment
Title | Fire and the Environment PDF eBook |
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Pages | 458 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Fire ecology |
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Greater Yellowstone Public Lands
Title | Greater Yellowstone Public Lands PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Wondrak Biel |
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Pages | 292 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Ecosystem management |
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FIRE-BGC, a Mechanistic Ecological Process Model for Simulating Fire Succession on Coniferous Forest Landscapes of the Northern Rocky Mountains
Title | FIRE-BGC, a Mechanistic Ecological Process Model for Simulating Fire Succession on Coniferous Forest Landscapes of the Northern Rocky Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Leigh Welch |
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Pages | 284 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.) |
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Forested Plant Associations of the Colville National Forest
Title | Forested Plant Associations of the Colville National Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Clinton K. Williams |
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Pages | 416 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Colville National Forest (Wash.) |
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