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.
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2011
The influence of mountain pine beetle outbreaks and drought on severe wildfires in northwestern Colorado and southern Wyoming: A look at the past century, Dominik Kulakowski and Daniel Jarvis
Interacting disturbances: wildfire severity affected by stage of forest disease invasion, Margaret R. Metz, Kerri M. Frangioso, Ross K. Meentemeyer, and David M. Rizzo
What explains landscape patterns of tree mortality caused by bark beetle outbreaks in Greater Yellowstone?, Martin Simard, Erinn N. Powell, Kenneth F. Raffa, and Monica G. Turner
Do Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks Change the Probability of Active Crown Fire in Lodgepole Pine Forests?, Martin Simard, William H. Romme, Jacob M. Griffin, and Monica G. Turner
Seed release in serotinous lodgepole pine forests after mountain pine beetle outbreak, Francois P. Teste, Victor J. Lieffers, and Simon M. Landhausser
Viability of Forest Floor and Canopy Seed Banks in Pinus contorta var. latifoia (Pinaceas) Forests After a Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak, Francois P. Teste, Victor J. Lieffers, and Simon M. Landhausser
2010
Climate Change and Bark Beetles of the Western United States and Canada: Direct and Indirect Effects, Barbara J. Bentz, Jacques Régnière, Matthew Hansen, Jane L. Hayes, Jefferey A. Hicke, Rick G. Kelsey, Jose F. Negron, and Steven J. Seybold
Disturbance from Southern Pine Beetle, Suppression, and Wildfire Affects Vegetation Composition In Central Louisiana: A Case Study, T W. Coleman, Alton Martin Jr, J R. Meeker, S R. Clarke, and L K. Rieske
Assessing Crown Fire Potential in Coniferous Forests of Western North America: A Critique of Current Approaches and Recent Simulation Studies, Miguel G. Cruz and Martin E. Alexander
Effects of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments on Bark Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality in the Southern Cascades, California, Christopher Fettig, Robert Borys, and Christopher Dabney
Potential Fire Behavior in Spruce Beetle-Induced Tree Mortality in Intermountain Spruce-Fir Forests, Carl A. Jorgensen and Michael J. Jenkins
Fuel Complex Alterations Associated with Spruce Beetle-Induced Tree Mortality in Intermountain Spruce-Fir Forests, USA, Carl Arik Jorgensen and Michael James Jenkins
2009
Influence of fire and mountain pine beetle on the dynamics of lodgepole pine stands in British Columbia, Canada, Jodi N. Axelson, Rene I. Alfaro, and Brad C. Hawkes
Wildfire and Spruce Beetle Outbreak: Simulation of Interacting Disturbances in the Central Rocky Mountains, Justin DeRose and James N. Long
Mountain Pine Beetle, Ken Gibson, Sandy Kegley, and Barbara Bentz
Stand Characteristics and Downed Woody Debris Accumulations Associated with a Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) Outbreak in Colorado, Jennifer G. Klutsch, Jose F. Negron, Sheryl L. Costello, Charles C. Rhoades, Daniel R. West, John Popp, and Rick Caissie
Variability in Fire Regimes of High-Elevation Whitebark Pine Communities, Western Montana, USA, Evan R. Larson, Saskia L. Van De Gevel, and Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
Response of bark beetles and their natural enemies to fire and fire surrogate treatments in mixed-conifer forests in western Montana, Diana L. Six and Kjerstin Skov
2008
Developing Fire Behavior Fuel Models for the Wildland–Urban Interface in Anchorage, Alaska, Daniel Cheyette, T. Scott Rupp, and Sue Rodman
Climate Factors Associated with Historic Spruce Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Outbreaks in Utah and Colorado, Elizabeth G. Hebertson and Michael J. Jenkins
Bark Beetles, Fuels, Fires and Implications for Forest Management in the Intermountain West, Michael J. Jenkins, Elizabeth Hebertson, Wesley Page, and C. Arik Jorgensen
Annotated Bibliography for Forest Managers on Fire-Bark Beetle Interactions, Martin Simard, Erinn N. Powell, Jacob M. Griffin, Kenneth F. Raffa, and Monica G. Turner
2007
Effectiveness of Vegetation Management Practices for Prevention and Control of Bark Beetle Infestations in Coniferous Forests of the Western and Southern United States, Christopher J. Fettig, Kier D. Klepzig, Ronald F. Billings, A. Steven Munson, T. Evan Nebeker, Jose F. Negron, and John T. Nowak
Influence of Fallen Tree Timing on Spruce Beetle Brood Production, Elizabeth G. Hebertson and Michael J. Jenkins
Predicting Postfire Douglas-Fir Beetle Attacks and Tree Mortality in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Sharon Hood and Barbara Bentz