Beetlemania: Is the bark worse than the bite? Rocky Mountain subalpine forests recover differently after spruce beetle outbreaks and wildfires

Forest recovery following synchronous outbreaks of spruce and western balsam bark beetle is slowed by ungulate browsing

(2020) Robert A. Andrus et al.   ECOLOGY

Canopy structure and below-canopy temperatures interact to shape seedling response to disturbance in a Rocky Mountain subalpine forest

(2020) Amanda R. Carlson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Wildfire activity and land use drove 20th-century changes in forest cover in the Colorado front range

(2019) Kyle C. Rodman et al.   Ecosphere

Short-interval severe fire erodes the resilience of subalpine lodgepole pine forests

(2019) Monica G. Turner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of Site Thermal Variation and Physiography on Flight Synchrony and Phenology of the North American Spruce Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) and Associated Species in Colorado

(2019) Isaac Hans Dell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Epidemic spruce beetle outbreak changes drivers of Engelmann spruce regeneration

(2019) Jessika M. Pettit et al.   Ecosphere

Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Forests Adapted to Frequent Fire

(2018) Scott L Stephens et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Pre-outbreak forest conditions mediate the effects of spruce beetle outbreaks on fuels in subalpine forests of Colorado

(2018) Nathan Mietkiewicz et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Moisture availability limits subalpine tree establishment

(2018) Robert A. Andrus et al.   ECOLOGY

Growth strategies and threshold responses to water deficit modulate effects of warming on tree seedlings from forest to alpine

(2017) Brynne E. Lazarus et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evidence of compounded disturbance effects on vegetation recovery following high-severity wildfire and spruce beetle outbreak

(2017) Amanda R. Carlson et al.   PLoS One

Adapt to more wildfire in western North American forests as climate changes

(2017) Tania Schoennagel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Is initial post-disturbance regeneration indicative of longer-term trajectories?

(2017) Nathan S. Gill et al.   Ecosphere

Fires Following Bark Beetles: Factors Controlling Severity and Disturbance Interactions in Ponderosa Pine

(2017) Carolyn H. Sieg et al.   Fire Ecology

Fire severity unaffected by spruce beetle outbreak in spruce-fir forests in southwestern Colorado

(2016) Robert A. Andrus et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Burn me twice, shame on who? Interactions between successive forest fires across a temperate mountain region

(2016) Brian J. Harvey et al.   ECOLOGY

Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

(2016) Jill F Johnstone et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

High and dry: post-fire tree seedling establishment in subalpine forests decreases with post-fire drought and large stand-replacing burn patches

(2016) Brian J. Harvey et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Climate drivers of seed production inPicea engelmanniiand response to warming temperatures in the southern Rocky Mountains

(2016) Arne Buechling et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests

(2016) John T. Abatzoglou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Modeling spatial and temporal dynamics of wind flow and potential fire behavior following a mountain pine beetle outbreak in a lodgepole pine forest

(2015) Chad M. Hoffman et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Recruitment limitation of long-lived conifers: implications for climate change responses

(2015) Steve J. Kroiss et al.   ECOLOGY

Negative Feedbacks on Bark Beetle Outbreaks: Widespread and Severe Spruce Beetle Infestation Restricts Subsequent Infestation

(2015) Sarah J. Hart et al.   PLoS One

Bark beetles and wildfires: How does forest recovery change with repeated disturbances in mixed conifer forests?

(2015) Camille Stevens-Rumann et al.   Ecosphere

Climate Factors Associated with Historic Spruce Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Outbreaks in Utah and Colorado

(2015) Elizabeth G. Hebertson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Fire severity and tree regeneration following bark beetle outbreaks: the role of outbreak stage and burning conditions

(2014) Brian J. Harvey et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Are density reduction treatments effective at managing for resistance or resilience to spruce beetle disturbance in the southern Rocky Mountains?

(2014) Christian Temperli et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Resistance and Resilience: A Conceptual Framework for Silviculture

(2014) Robert J. DeRose et al.   FOREST SCIENCE

Large wildfire trends in the western United States, 1984-2011

(2014) Philip E. Dennison et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Recent mountain pine beetle outbreaks, wildfire severity, and postfire tree regeneration in the US Northern Rockies

(2014) Brian J. Harvey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spruce Beetle Biology, Ecology and Management in the Rocky Mountains: An Addendum to Spruce Beetle in the Rockies

(2014) Michael Jenkins et al.   Forests

Influence of recent bark beetle outbreak on fire severity and postfire tree regeneration in montane Douglas-fir forests

(2013) Brian J. Harvey et al.   ECOLOGY

Drought induces spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreaks across northwestern Colorado

(2013) Sarah J. Hart et al.   ECOLOGY

Evaluating post-outbreak management effects on future fuel profiles and stand structure in bark beetle-impacted forests of Greater Yellowstone

(2013) Daniel C. Donato et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Radial growth of residual overstory trees and understory saplings after mountain pine beetle attack in central British Columbia

(2013) Christopher D.B. Hawkins et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Do Bark Beetle Outbreaks Increase Wildfire Risks in the Central U.S. Rocky Mountains? Implications from Recent Research

(2013) Scott H. Black et al.   NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL

Woody debris and tree regeneration dynamics following severe wildfires in Arizona ponderosa pine forests

(2012) John P. Roccaforte et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Bark beetle effects on fuel profiles across a range of stand structures in Douglas-fir forests of Greater Yellowstone

(2012) Daniel C. Donato et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Fuels and fire behavior dynamics in bark beetle-attacked forests in Western North America and implications for fire management

(2012) Michael J. Jenkins et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Numerical Simulation of Crown Fire Hazard Immediately after Bark Beetle-Caused Mortality in Lodgepole Pine Forests

(2012) Chad Hoffman et al.   FOREST SCIENCE

Cascading impacts of bark beetle-caused tree mortality on coupled biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes

(2012) Steven L Edburg et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Compounded disturbances in sub-alpine forests in western Colorado favour future dominance by quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

(2012) Dominik Kulakowski et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Tree regeneration and future stand development after bark beetle infestation and harvesting in Colorado lodgepole pine stands

(2011) Byron J. Collins et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Subalpine vegetation pattern three decades after stand-replacing fire: effects of landscape context and topography on plant community composition, tree regeneration, and diversity

(2010) Jonathan D. Coop et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Regeneration response and seedling bank dynamics on aDendroctonus rufipennis-killedPicea engelmanniilandscape

(2010) R. Justin DeRose et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Bark beetle-caused mortality in a drought-affected ponderosa pine landscape in Arizona, USA

(2009) José F. Negrón et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A comparison of five sampling techniques to estimate surface fuel loading in montane forests

(2008) Pamela G. Sikkink et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Bark beetles, fuels, fires and implications for forest management in the Intermountain West

(2007) Michael J. Jenkins et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT