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Western Spruce Budworm Outbreaks Did Not Increase Fire Risk over the Last Three Centuries: A Dendrochronological Analysis of Inter-Disturbance Synergism

Insect outbreaks are often assumed to increase the severity or probability of fire occurrence through increased fuel availability, while fires may in turn alter susceptibility of forests to subsequent insect outbreaks through changes in the spatial distribution of suitable host trees. However, littl...

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Autores principales: Flower, Aquila, G. Gavin, Daniel, Heyerdahl, Emily K., Parsons, Russell A., Cohn, Gregory M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4272271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25526633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114282