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Evidence of compounded disturbance effects on vegetation recovery following high-severity wildfire and spruce beetle outbreak

Spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreaks are rapidly spreading throughout subalpine forests of the Rocky Mountains, raising concerns that altered fuel structures may increase the ecological severity of wildfires. Although many recent studies have found no conclusive link between beetle outb...

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Autores principales: Carlson, Amanda R., Sibold, Jason S., Assal, Timothy J., Negrón, Jose F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28777802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181778