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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2007
Relative Influence of Diseases and Other Small-Scale Disturbances on Fuel Loading in the Black Hills, J E. Lundquist
Mountain Pine Beetle-Induced Changes to Selected Lodgepole Pine Fuel Complexes within the Intermountain Region, Wesley G. Page and Michael J. Jenkins
Predicted Fire Behavior in Selected Mountain Pine Beetle-Infected Lodgepole Pine, Wesley Page and Michael J. Jenkins
2006
Collaborative Capacity, Problem Framing, and Mutual Trust in Addressing the Wildland Fire Social Problem : An Annotated Reading List, Jeffrey J. Brooks, Alexander N. Bujak, Joseph G. Champ, and Daniel R. Williams
The Effects of Mechanical Fuel Reduction Treatments on the Activity of Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Infesting Ponderosa Pine, Christopher J. Fettig, Joel D. McMillin, John A. Anhold, Shakeeb M. Hamud, Robert R. Borys, Christopher P. Dabney, and Steven J. Seybold
Fuels and Fire Behavior in Chipped and Unchipped Plots: Implications for Land Management Near the Wildland/Urban Interface, Jeff S. Glitzenstein, Donna R. Streng, Gary L. Achtemeier, Luke P. Naeher, and Dale D. Wade
Irrationality of Continued Fire Suppression : An Avoided Cost Analysis of Fire Hazard Reduction Treatments Versus No Treatment, Gary Snider, P J. Daugherty, and D Wood
2005
Basic Principles of Forest Fuel Reduction Treatments, James K. Agee and Carl N. Skinner
Regional Vegetation Die-Off in Response to Global-Change-Type Drought, David D. Breshears, Neil S. Cobb, Paul M. Rich, Kevin P. Price, Craig D. Allen, Randy G. Balice, William H. Romme, Jude H. Kastens, M. Lisa Floyd, Jayne Belnap, Jesse J. Anderson, Orrin B. Myers, and Clifton W. Meyer
Attack and Brood Production by the Douglas-Fir Beetle (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) in Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Pinaceae), Following a Wildfire, Catherine A. Cunningham, Michael J. Jenkins, and David W. Roberts
Demonstration Plots for Comparing Fuels Complexes and Profile Development in Untreated Stands Versus Stands Treated for the Management of Spruce Beetle Outbreaks and Implications for Fuels Manipulation, Elizabeth G. Hebertson, Michael J. Jenkins, and Linda Wadleigh
Forest Fuel Treatments in Western North America : Merging Silviculture and Fire Management, Morris C. Johnson and David L. Peterson
Utah Forest Insect and Disease Conditons Report 2002-2004, K Matthews, V DeBlander, L Pederson, P Mocettini, and D Halsey
Root Diseases in Coniferous Forests of the Inland West : Potential Implications of Fuels Treatments, Raini C. Rippy, Jane E. Stewart, Paul J. Zambino, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Joanne M. Tirocke, Mee-Sook Kim, and Walter G. Thies
Standard Fire Behavior Fuel Models : A Comprehensive Set for Use with Rothermel's Surface Fire Spread Model, Joe H. Scott and Robert E. Burgan
2004
Risk and Damage of Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks Under Global Climate Change, Jianbang Gan
Science Basis for Changing Forest Structure to Modify Wildfire Behavior and Severity, Russell T. Graham, Sarah McCaffrey, and Theresa B. Jain
Snow avalanche disturbance in intermountain spruce-fir forests and implications for the spruce bark beetle (Coleoptera : Scolytidae), Elizabeth G. Hebertson
Is Forest Structure Related to Fire Severity? Yes, No, and Maybe : Methods and Insights in Quantifying the Answer, Theresa Benavidez Jain and Russell T. Graham
Fuel Treatments and Fire Regimes : Final Report, Philip N. Omi and Erik J. Martinson
Interaction of Fire, Fuels, and Climate Across Rocky Mountain Forests, Tania Schoennagel, Thomas T. Veblen, and William H. Romme
Importance of Log Size on Host Selection and Reproductive Success of Ips pini (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Ponderosa Pine Slash of Northern Arizona and Western Montana, Brytten E. Steed and Michael R. Wagner
2003
Interactions Between Fire and Spruce Beetles in a Subalpine Rocky Mountain Forest Landscape, Peter Bebi, Dominik Kulakowski, and Thomas T. Veblen
Effect of climate change on range expansion by the mountain pine beetle in British Columbia, Allan L. Carroll, Steve W. Taylor, Jacques Regniere, and Les Safranyik
Vegetation Dynamics Under Fire Exclusion and Logging in a Rocky Mountain Watershed, 1856 -1996, Alisa L. Gallant, Andrew J. Hansen, John S. Councilman, Duane K. Monte, and David W. Betz