scholarly journals Mountain pine beetle selectivity in old-growth ponderosa pine forests, Montana, USA

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 1141-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Knapp ◽  
Peter T. Soulé ◽  
Justin T. Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
Pine Beetle

scholarly journals Timing of organic carbon release from mountain pine beetle impacted ponderosa pine forests in South Dakota

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-379
Author(s):  
Erik S. Vik ◽  
Heidi L. Sieverding ◽  
Jesse J. Punsal ◽  
Scott J. Kenner ◽  
Lisa A. Kunza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
South Dakota ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
Pine Beetle ◽  
Carbon Release

scholarly journals Mountain Pine Beetle Dynamics and Reproductive Success in Post-Fire Lodgepole and Ponderosa Pine Forests in Northeastern Utah

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. e0164738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Lerch ◽  
Jesse A. Pfammatter ◽  
Barbara J. Bentz ◽  
Kenneth F. Raffa
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
Pine Beetle

scholarly journals Resilience of Ponderosa and Lodgepole Pine Forests to Mountain Pine Beetle Disturbance and Limited Regeneration

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. Briggs ◽  
Todd J. Hawbaker ◽  
Don Vandendriesche
Keyword(s):  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
Pine Beetle

scholarly journals The Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in the Black Hills, South Dakota: The Consequences of Long Term Fire Policy, Climate Change and the Use of Remote Sensing to Enhance Mitigation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Mullen ◽  
Fei Yuan ◽  
Martin Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Black Hills ◽  
Fire Policy ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
Pine Beetle ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forest

The recent and intense outbreak (first decade of 2000s) of the mountain pine beetle in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which impacted over 33% of the 1.2 million acre (486,000 ha) Black Hills National Forest, illustrates what can occur when forest management practices intersect with natural climatic oscillations and climate change to create the “perfect storm” in a region where the physical environment sets the stage for a plethora of economic activities ranging from extractive industries to tourism. This study evaluates the potential of WorldView-2 satellite imagery for green-attacked tree detection in the ponderosa pine forest of the Black Hills, USA. It also discusses the consequences of long term fire policy and climate change, and the use of remote sensing technology to enhance mitigation. It was found that the near-infrared one (band 7) of WorldView-2 imagery had the highest influence on the green-attack classification. The Random Forest classification produced the best results when transferred to the independent dataset, whereas the Logistic Regression models consistently yielded the highest accuracies when cross-validated with the training data. Lessons learned include: (1) utilizing recent advances in remote sensing technologies, most notably the use of WorldView-2 data, to assist in more effectively implementing mitigation measures during an epidemic, and (2) implementing pre-emptive thinning strategies; both of which can be applied elsewhere in the American West to more effectively blunt or preclude the consequences of a mountain pine beetle outbreak on an existing ponderosa pine forest. 

scholarly journals Do mountain pine beetle outbreaks change the probability of active crown fire in lodgepole pine forests?

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Simard ◽  
William H. Romme ◽  
Jacob M. Griffin ◽  
Monica G. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Lodgepole Pine ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Crown Fire ◽  
Mountain Pine ◽  
Pine Beetle
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