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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The University of Montana
2014
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Online Access: | http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05302014-090956/ |