Title:

Mountain pine beetle attack severity data in lodgepole pine in the Northern Rockies from 1999-2014

Author(s):

Williams, Howard L.; Hood, Sharon M.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Egan, Joel M.

Publication Year:

2018

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Williams, Howard L.; Hood, Sharon M.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Egan, Joel M. 2018. Mountain pine beetle attack severity data in lodgepole pine in the Northern Rockies from 1999-2014. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0006

Abstract:

This feature class [lpp_mpb_USFSR1_20160601] contains stand characteristics of lodgepole pine in 2002 and mountain pine beetle attack severity data from 1999-2014 summarized by subwatershed in the USDA Northern Region 1. The geographic area covered includes the western portion of USDA Northern Region 1, which includes Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Lodgepole pine stand characteristics are summaries of forest parameter data created by the USDA Forest Service for The National Scale Risk Assessment of Tree Mortality Due to Major Insects and Disease (Krist et al. 2014). Mountain pine beetle attack severity was obtained from the Aerial Insect and Disease Detection Survey (USDA Forest Service Region 1 State & Private Forestry Forest Health Protection 2015). Subwatershed polygons are defined by the 12 code hydrological unit code established by the USGS National Watershed Boundary Dataset (2015), which is part of the USGS National Hydrography Dataset (2015). Additional subwatershed attributes included in these data were developed by finding coverages for specific ranges of stand characteristics in proportion to the area of the subwatershed.

Keywords:

stand density index; lodgepole pine; trees per acre; basal area; quadratic mean diameter; attack severity; mountain pine beetle; Pinus contorta; Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins; CART analysis; landscape heterogeneity; disturbance ecology; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Ecology; Fire; Forest & Plant Health; Natural Resource Management & Use; Wildlife (or Fauna); Idaho; Montana; Wyoming; Washington; Northwest; Northern Rockies Ecosystem; Northern Region 1; USA

Related publications:

• Williams, Howard L.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Egan, Joel M.; Hood, Sharon M. Unknown. Subwatershed-level lodgepole pine attributes associated with a mountain pine beetle outbreak. Forests. 9(9): 552. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9090552
• Krist Jr., Frank J.; Ellenwood, James R.; Woods, Meghan E.; McMahan, Andrew J.; Cowardin, John P.; Ryerson, Daniel E.; Saplo, Frank J.; Zwelfler, Mark O.; Romero, Sheryl A. 2014. 2013-2027 National Insect and Disease Forest Risk Assessment. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. FHTET-14-01. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. 199 p. https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/pdfs/2012_RiskMap_Report_web.pdf https://www.frames.gov/catalog/16764
• Williams, Howard L.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Egan, Joel M.; Hood, Sharon M. Unpublished material. Lodgepole pine forest host characteristics influence mountain pine beetle outbreak severity in the Northern Rocky Mountains 1999-2014. 2016 Final Report: FS agreement number 14-CS-11015600-046; 44 p. (included in full data publication download).

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