Treesearch - scientific articles written or published by the U.S. Forest Service

Show/Hide Search Form

Keywords (All fields) or Title:

Last Name of Author:

Date Range:

FS Series:

Subscribe to R&D Publications recently added to Treesearch - RSS feed More RSS options

Displaying 1 - 1 of 1

Records Per Page:

Sort By:

Using structural sustainability for forest health monitoring and triage: Case study of a mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonusponderosae)-impacted landscape

Heavy disturbance-induced mortality can negatively impact forest biota, functions, and services by drastically altering the forest structures that create stable environmental conditions. Disturbance impacts on forest structure can be assessed using structural sustainability - the degree of balance between living and dead portions of a tree population’s size-...

Author(s):

Jonathan A. Cale; Jennifer G. Klutsch; Nadir Erbilgin; Jose F. Negron; John D. Castello

Year:

2016

Keywords:

baseline mortality analysis, forest structure, forest disturbance, climate change, bark beetle

Source:

Ecological Indicators. 70: 451-459.

Total Publications in Treesearch: 55,806

Show/Hide Search Form

Using structural sustainability for forest health monitoring and triage: Case study of a mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonusponderosae)-impacted landscape

Chief Financial Officer

Office of the Chief

Business Operations

National Forest System

Research and Development

State and Private Forestry