Evidence of compounded disturbance effects on vegetation recovery following high-severity wildfire and spruce beetle outbreak.
Spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreaks are rapidly spreading throughout subalpine forests of the Rocky Mountains, raising concerns that altered fuel structures may increase the ecological severity of wildfires. Although many recent studies have found no conclusive link between beetle outb...
Main Authors: | Amanda R Carlson, Jason S Sibold, Timothy J Assal, Jose F Negrón |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5544207?pdf=render |
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