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2022

Fire severity and the legacy of mountain pine beetle outbreak: high-severity fire peaks with mixed live and dead vegetation
Anna C. Talucci et al.
Patterns of infestation by subcortical insects (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Cerambycidae) after widespread wildfires in mature Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests
Katherine A. Kitchens et al.

2021

Impacts of bark beetle-induced tree mortality on pyrogenic carbon production and heat output in wildfires for fire modeling and global carbon accounting
Alexandra Howell et al.

2020

Mountain pine beetle in Colorado: A story of changing forests
Jose F. Negron et al.
Bark beetle infestation of western US forests: A context for assessing and evaluating impacts
Daniel W. McCollum et al.
Taking the Long View: Mountain Pine Beetles as Agents of Change
Jose F. Negron et al.

2019

TRIA-Net: 10 years of collaborative research on turning risk into action for the mountain pine beetle epidemic
Patrick M.A. James et al.
Biological Aspects of Mountain Pine Beetle in Lodgepole Pine Stands of Different Densities in Colorado, USA
Jose F. Negron

2018

Overlapping bark beetle outbreaks, salvage logging and wildfire restructure a lodgepole pine ecosystem
Charles C. Rhoades et al.
Severity of Overstory Mortality Influences Conifer Recruitment and Growth in Mountain Pine Beetle-Affected Forests
Kristen Pelz et al.
Recovering from the mountain pine beetle
Dan R. Loeffler et al.
Simulation of net ecosystem productivity of a lodgepole pine forest after mountain pine beetle attack using a modified version of 3-PG
Gesa Meyer et al.
Fuel dynamics after a bark beetle outbreak impacts experimental fuel treatments
Justin S. Crotteau et al.
Effects of Disturbance on Tree Community Dynamics in Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) Ecosystems
Jeremy T. Amberson et al.

2017

Fires following bark beetles: factors controling severity and disturbance interactions in ponderosa pine
Carolyn Hull Sieg et al.
Evidence of compounded disturbance effects on vegetation recovery following high-severity wildfire and spruce beetle outbreak
Amanda R. Carlson et al.
Fires following Bark Beetles: Factors Controlling Severity and Disturbance Interactions in Ponderosa Pine
Carolyn Hull Sieg et al.
The effect of salvage logging on surface fuel loads and fuel moisture in beetle-infested lodgepole pine forests
Paul R. Hood et al.
Climatic conditions for emergence and flight of mountain pine beetle: implications for long-distance dispersal
Huapeng Chen et al.
Estimating aboveground tree biomass for beetle-killed lodgepole pine in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado
Woodam Chung et al.
The Influence of Western Spruce Budworm on Fire in Spruce-Fir Forests
Eric Vane et al.
Prediction of forest canopy and surface fuels from lidar and satellite time series data in a bark beetle-affected forest
Benjamin C. Bright et al.
A multicentury dendrochronological reconstruction of western spruce budworm outbreaks in the Okanogan Highlands, northeastern Washington
Todd M. Ellis et al.
Recent and future climate suitability for whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetles varies across the western US
Polly C. Buotte et al.
Separating Trends in Whitebark Pine Radial Growth Related to Climate and Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA
Saskia L. van de Gevel et al.

2016

Relative importance of climate and mountain pine beetle outbreaks on the occurrence of large wildfires in the western USA
Dominik Kulakowski et al.
Prescribed fire does not promote outbreaks of a primary bark beetle at low-density populations
Crisia A. Tabacaru et al.
Recent tree mortality in the western United States from bark beetles and forest fires
Jeffrey A. Hicke et al.
Spatial variability in tree regeneration after wildfire delays and dampens future bark beetle outbreaks
Rupert Seidl et al.
Fortifying the forest: thinning and burning increase resistance to a bark beetle outbreak and promote forest resilience
Sharon M. Hood et al.
Do insect outbreaks reduce the severity of subsequent forest fires?
Garrett W. Meigs et al.
Effects of post-fire logging on fuel dynamics in a mixed-conifer forest, Oregon, USA: a 10-year assessment
John L. Campbell et al.

2015

Modeling spatial and temporal dynamics of wind flow and potential fire behavior following a mountain pine beetle outbreak in a lodgepole pine forest
Chad M. Hoffman et al.
Bark beetles and wildfires: how does forest recovery change with repeated disturbances in mixed-conifer forests?
Camille Stevens-Rumann et al.
Area burned in the western United States is unaffected by recent mountain pine beetle outbreaks
Sarah Hart et al.
Low-severity fire increases tree defense against bark beetle attacks
Sharon M. Hood et al.

2014

Don't blame the beetles
Cally Carswell
Simulated western spruce budworm defoliation reduces torching and crowning potential: a sensitivity analysis using a physics-based fire model
Greg M. Cohn et al.
Interactions among the mountain pine beetle, fires, and fuels
Michael J. Jenkins et al.
Crown fire potential in lodgepole pine forests during the red stage of mountain pine beetle attack
Wesley G. Page et al.
Ecological consequences of mountain pine beetle outbreaks for wildlife in western North American forests
Victoria A. Saab et al.
Recent mountain pine beetle outbreaks, wildfire severity, and postfire tree regeneration in the US northern Rockies
Brian J. Harvey et al.
Fire severity and tree regeneration following bark beetle outbreaks: the role of outbreak stage and burning conditions
Brian J. Harvey et al.
The role of wildfire, prescribed fire, and mountain pine beetle infestations on the population dynamics of black-backed woodpeckers in the Black Hills, South Dakota
Christopher T. Rota et al.
Management for mountain pine beetle outbreak suppression: does relevant science support current policy?
Diana L. Six et al.

2013

Foliar moisture content variations in lodgepole pine over the diurnal cycle during the red stage of mountain pine beetle attack
Wesley G. Page et al.
Bark beetle effects on fuel profiles across a range of stand structures in Douglas-fir forests of Greater Yellowstone
Daniel C. Donato et al.
Characterizing wildfire hazard and risk in mountain pine beetle-affected stands and how to identify those characteristics at the landscape-scale
Robert W. Gray
Influence of recent bark beetle outbreak on fire severity and postfire tree regeneration in montane Douglas-fir forests
Brian J. Harvey et al.
Surface fire intensity influences simulated crown fire behavior in lodgepole pine forests with recent mountain pine beetle-caused tree mortality
Chad M. Hoffman et al.
Progress in understanding bark beetle effects on fire behavior using physics-based models
Chad M. Hoffman et al.

2012

Wildfire provides refuge from local extinction but is an unlikely driver of outbreaks by mountain pine beetle
Erinn N. Powell et al.
Numerical simulation of crown fire hazard immediately after bark beetle-caused mortality in lodgepole pine forests
Chad M. Hoffman et al.
Mountain pine beetle attack alters the chemistry and flammability of lodgepole pine foliage
Wesley G. Page et al.
Effects of bark beetle-caused tree mortality on wildfire
Jeffrey A. Hicke et al.
Relationships between moisture, chemistry, and ignition of Pinus contorta needles during the early stages of mountain pine beetle attack
William Matt Jolly et al.
Fire-injured ponderosa pine provide a pulsed resource for bark beetles
Ryan S. Davis et al.
Do mountain pine beetle outbreaks change the probability of active crown fire in lodgepole pine forests? Comment 1 & 2, Reply 1
Christopher J. Moran et al.
Fuels and fire behavior dynamics in bark beetle-attacked forests in Western North America and implications for fire management
Michael J. Jenkins et al.

2011

A tool to estimate the impact of bark beetle activity on fuels and fire behavior
Michael J. Jenkins et al.
Do mountain pine beetle outbreaks change the probability of active crown fire in lodgepole pine forests?
Martin Simard et al.

2009

Response of bark beetles and their natural enemies to fire and fire surrogate treatments in mixed-conifer forests in western Montana
Diana L. Six et al.

2008

Bark beetles, fuels, fires, and implications for forest management in the Intermountain West
Michael J. Jenkins et al.
Cross-scale drivers of natural disturbances prone to anthropogenic amplification: the dynamics of bark beetle eruptions
Kenneth F. Raffa et al.

2007

Predicting postfire Douglas-fir beetle attacks and tree mortality in the Northern Rocky Mountains
Sharon M. Hood et al.
Predicted fire behavior in selected mountain pine beetle-infested lodgepole pine
Wesley G. Page et al.

2006

The influence of previous mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) activity on the 1988 Yellowstone fires
Heather J. Lynch et al.

2001

Ghost forests, global warming, and the mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
Jesse A. Logan et al.