Large-diameter trees, snags, and deadwood in southern Utah, USA

Background The epidemic Dendroctonus rufipennis (spruce beetle) outbreak in the subalpine forests of the Colorado Plateau in the 1990s killed most larger Picea engelmannii (Engelmann spruce) trees. One quarter century later, the larger snags are beginning to fall, transitioning to deadwood (down woo...

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Published in:	Ecological processes Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 9
Main Authors:	Lutz, James A., Struckman, Soren, Furniss, Tucker J., Birch, Joseph D., Yocom, Larissa L., McAvoy, Darren J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 11.01.2021 Springer Nature B.V SpringerOpen
Subjects:	aboveground biomass Approximation Bark bark beetles Biomass Cedar Breaks National Monument Dead wood Dendroctonus rufipennis Diameters Earth and Environmental Science Elevation Environment fire behavior Fires Forest & brush fires Forests Fuels Geographical distribution habitats Herbivores Heterogeneity Mapping mixed forests Mortality Outbreaks Pest outbreaks Picea Picea abies Picea engelmannii plateaus Regeneration Regeneration (biological) Snags spatial distribution Species Total mortality tree and stand measurements Trees Utah Utah Forest Dynamics Plot Vertical distribution Vertical fuel structure Vertical profiles Wood Utah Cedar Breaks National Monument Utah Forest Dynamics Plot Vertical fuel structure
ISSN:	2192-1709, 2192-1709
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