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The Bark Beetles, Fuels, and Fire Bibliography

Bark beetle outbreaks have resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of conifers on approximately 30 million hectares of forested lands in western North America during the last decade. Many forests remain susceptible to bark beetle infestation and will continue to experience high levels of conifer mortality until suitable host trees are depleted, or natural factors cause populations to collapse. Stand conditions and drought, combined with warming temperatures, have contributed to the severity of these outbreaks, particularly in high-elevation forests.

Conventional wisdom suggests that large scale bark beetle outbreaks alter fuel complexes resulting in an increased potential for severe fires. Conversely, fires damage trees that may predispose them to bark beetle attack. In reality there is little specific quantified data supporting these assertions, and until recently, relationships between fire and western bark beetles in forests of North America have not been extensively studied. The magnitude of recent outbreaks and large wildfires has resulted in a flurry of research attempting to quantify bark beetle/fire/fuel interactions.

We hope and expect that our freely accessible, online bibliography may be of great benefit to any scholarly research. The bibliography searching can be conducted through titles, by author name, or by descriptive words. Where possible, full text of the documents are provided as PDF documents.

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1994 1994

Interactions Between Fire-Injured Trees and Insects in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Kevin C. Ryan and Gene D. Amman; Plants and their Environments : Proceedings of the First Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

An Industry Perspective on Fire Control, Jim Schott; Journal of Forestry 92(11):33

Landscape Dynamics in Crown Fire Ecosystems, M. G. Turner and W. H. Romme; Landscape Ecology

Effects of Fire on Landscape Heterogeneity in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Monica G. Turner, William W. Hargrove, Robert H. Gardner, and William H. Romme; Journal of Vegetation Science

Disturbance Regime and Disturbance Interactions in a Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forest, Thomas T. Veblen, Keith S. Hadley, Elizabeth M. Nel, Thomas Kitzberger, Marion Reid, and Ricardo Villalba; Journal of Ecology

Biological Evaluation of Tree Survivorship within the Lowman Fire Boundary, 1989-1993, Julie C. Weatherby, Phil Mocettini, and Brian R. Gardner

1993 1993

Critical Assessment of Risk Classification Systems for the Mountain Pine Beetle, B J. Bentz, G D. Amman, and J A. Logan; Forest Ecology and Management

Influence of Dwarf Mistletoe and Western Spruce budworm on growth and Mortality of Douglas-Fir in Unmanaged Stands, G. M. Filip, J. J. Colbert, P. Hessburg, and K. P. Hosman; Forest Science

Effects of Pathogens and Bark Beetles on Forests, D J. Goheen and E M. Hansen

Stand Response to Western Spruce Budworm and Douglas-Fir Bark Beetle Outbreaks, Colorado Front Range, Keith S. Hadley and Thomas T. Veblen; Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Time to Ignition - Temperature - Moisture Relationship for Branches of Three Western Conifers, Gavriil Xanthopoulos and Ronald H. Wakimoto; Canadian Journal of Forest Research

1992 1992

Fire Ecology of Forests and Woodlands in Utah, Anne F. Bradley, Nonan V. Noste, and William C. Fischer

Attraction of Douglas-fir Beetle, Spruce Beetle and a Bark Beetle Predator (Coleoptera: Scolytidae and Cleridae) to Enantiomers of Frontalin, B. S. Lindgren; Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

Douglas-Fir Beetle : Dealing with an Epidemic, Steve Patterson; Getting to the Future Through Silviculture - Workshop Proceedings

Fuel Moisture, Forest Type, and Lightning-Caused Fire in Yellowstone National Park, Roy A. Renkin and Don G. Despain; Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Dendroctonus Beetles and Old-Growth Forests in the Rockies, J M. Schmid and G D. Amman; Old-growth Forest in the Southwest and Rock Mountain Regions, Proceedings of a Workshop

Decomposition of Fallen Trees: Effects of Initial Conditions and Heterotroph Colonization Rates, T D. Schowalter, B C. Caldwell, S E. Carpenter, R P. Griffiths, M E. Harmon, E R. Ingham, R G. Kelsey, J D. Lattin, and A R. Moldenke; Tropical Ecosystems : Ecology and Management

1991 1991

Bark Beetle-Fire Associations in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Gene D. Amman; Fire and the Environment : Ecological and Cultural Perspectives

Insect Infestation of Fire-Injured Trees in the Greater Yellowstone Area, Gene D. Amman and Kevin C. Ryan

Temperature-Dependent Development of the Mountain Pine Beetle (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) and Simulation of its Phenology, Barbara J. Bentz, Jesse A. Logan, and Gene D. Amman; Canadian Entomologist

Predicting Duff and Woody Fuel Consumption in Northern Idaho Prescribed Fires, James K. Brown, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, and William C. Fischer; Forest Science

On the Temperature Distribution Inside a Tree Under Fire Conditions, J. J. Costa, L. A. Oliveira, D. X. Viegas, and L. P. Neto; International Journal of Wildfire

Primary Attraction of Mountain Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopk. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), to Bolts of Lodgepole Pine, H. A. Moeck and C. S. Simmons; The Canadian Entomologist

Predicting Behavior and Size of Crown Fires in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Richard C. Rothermel

Disturbance and Stand Development of a Colorado Subalpine Forest, Thomas T. Veblen, Keith S. Hadley, and Marion S. Reid; Journal of Biogeography