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Chapter 2: Current and Historical
Trends in Use, Management and Disturbance of United States Forest
Lands-Metric Unit Data
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis
Table 20. Average area affected
by selected insects and diseases, by region of the Western U.S.,
1986-19971.
|
Mountain
|
Western
|
|
|
pine
|
spruce
|
Spruce
|
Dwarf
|
| |
beetle
|
budworm
|
beetle
|
mistletoes
|
|
(1000 ha/yr)
|
| Region |
|
Great Plains |
2.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
|
Intermountain |
154.3
|
741.1
|
0.0
|
4,698.9
|
|
Pacific Coast |
304.7
|
883.9
|
0.0
|
5,823.2
|
|
Alaska |
0.0
|
17.3
|
211.8
|
1,375.9
|
| Total |
461.0
|
1,642.3
|
211.8
|
11,898.1
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| 1 From USDA Forest Service reports. |
Users of these tables are kindly requested
to cite their source:
Birdsey, Richard A.; Lewis, George M. 2002. Current and Historical
Trends in Use,
Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands. IN: Kimble,
John et al. (eds.),
The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate
the Greenhouse Effect.
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. XXX p.
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