QUANTIFYING THE HYDROLOGIC IMPACT OF MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE DISTURBANCE IN A WESTERN MONTANA ECOSYSTEM

Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae, MPB) is a forest pest endemic to the Rocky Mountain West. Since the late 1990s, millions of hectares of lodgepole pine forest have experienced extensive tree mortality due to MPB disturbance and this may have significant implications for forested mounta...

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Main Author: Reilly, James A.
Other Authors: David Affleck
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: The University of Montana 2014
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Online Access:http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05302014-090956/