Mountain pine beetle-caused lodgepole pine mortality from the 1980's and subsequent fire occurrence in Colorado
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Abstract
A need for understanding the interaction between post-epidemic bark beetle forest stands and subsequent fire occurrence has escalated due to recent (1999-2010) unprecedented epidemic mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests of Colorado. Outbreaks of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) populations in the early 1980' s resulted in substantial tree mortality across Colorado and provide a means to study past outbreak areas and subsequent fire occurrence. Beetle outbreaks on the Arapaho National Forest (NF) (1980-1987) and the White River National Forest ...
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