Modelling long-term impacts of mountain pine beetle outbreaks on merchantable biomass, ecosystem carbon, albedo, and radiative forcing

The ongoing major outbreak of mountain pine beetle (MPB) in forests of western North America has led to considerable research efforts. However, many questions remain unaddressed regarding its long-term impacts, especially when accounting for the range of possible responses from the non-target vegeta...

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Main Authors: J.-S. Landry, L. Parrott, D. T. Price, N. Ramankutty, H. D. Matthews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-09-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/5277/2016/bg-13-5277-2016.pdf