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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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1984 1984

BEHAVE: Fire Behavior Prediction and Fuel Modeling System -- FUEL Subsystem, Robert E. Burgan and Richard C. Rothermel; General Technical Report INT-167

Bark Beetle Infestations of Lodgepole Pine Following a Fire in South Central Oregon, D. R. Geiszler, R. I. Gara, and W. R. Littke; Journal of Applied Entomology

The Seen and Unseen World of the Fallen Tree, Chris Maser and James M. Trappe

Coniferous Forest Habitat Types of Northern Utah, Ronald L. Mauk and Jan A. Henderson

MCH Pheromone for Preventing Douglas-Fir Beetle Infestation in Windthrown Trees, M. D. McGregor, M. M. Furniss, R. D. Oaks, K. E. Gibson, and H. E. Meyer; Journal of Forestry

Abundance of the Fir Engraver, Scolytus ventralis, and the Douglas-Fir Beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae, Following Tree Defoliation by the Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth, Orgyia pseudotsugata, L. C. Wright, A. A. Berryman, and B. E. Wickman; The Canadian Entomologist

1983 1983

The "Unnatural Fuel Buildup" Issue, James K. Brown; Proceedings - Symposium and Workshop on Wilderness Fire

Natural Product Defensive Chemistry of Douglas-Fir, Western Spruce Budworm Success and Forest Management Practices, R. G. Cates, R. Redak, and C. B. Henderson; Journal of Applied Entomology

Harvesting Strategies for Management of Mountain Pine Beetle Infestations in Lodgepole Pine : Preliminary Evaluation, East Long Creek Demonstration Area, Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, Walter E. Cole, Donn B. Cahill, and Gene D. Lessard

Fire Influences in Abies-Dominated Forests, V V. Furyaev, Ross W. Wein, and David A. MacLean; The Role of Fire in Northern Circumpolar Ecosystems

Patterns and Levels of Genetic Variation in Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva, R. D. Hiebert and J. L. Hamrick; Evolution

The Role of Host Plant Resistance in the Colonization Behavior and Ecology of Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), K F. Raffa and A A. Berryman; Ecological Monographs

How to Predict the Spread and Intensity of Forest and Range Fires, Richard C. Rothermel

1982 1982

The Mountain Pine Beetle-Identiﬁcation, Biology, Causes of Outbreaks, and Entomological Research Needs, G. D. Amman; Proc. of the Joint Canada / USA Workshop on Mountain Pine Beetle Related Problems in Western North America

Aids to Determining Fuel Models for Estimating Fire Behavior, Hal E. Anderson; General Technical Report INT-122

Fuel and Vegetation Succession in Response to Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemics in Northwestern Montana - a Thesis, Charles D. Armour; University of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, Moscow, ID

Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forests, A A. Berryman; Journal of Forestry

Bulk Densities of Nonuniform Surface Fuels and Their Application to Fire Modeling, James K. Brown; Forest Science

Handbook for Inventorying Surface Fuels and Biomass in the Interior West, J. K. Brown, R. D. Oberheu, and C. M. Johnston; USDA Forest Service

Mass, Nutrient Content, and Decay Rate of Dead Boles in Rain Forests of Olympic National Park, Robin L. Graham and Kermit Cromack Jr.; Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Factors Influencing Understory Seedling Establishment of Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) and Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa) in Southeast Wyoming, Alan K. Knapp and William K. Smith; Canadian Journal of Botany

Herbage Production Under Ponderosa Pine Killed by the Mountain Pine Beetle in Colorado, W. F. McCambridge, M. J. Morris, and C. B. Edminster

Fire and Landscape Diversity in Subalpine Forests of Yellowstone National Park, William H. Romme; Ecological Monographs

Generalized Ecology and Life Cycles of Bark Beetles, R W. Stark; Pages 21-45 in JB Mitton & KB Sturgeon (eds) Bark Beetles in North American Conifers: A System for the Study of Evolutionary Biology, University of Texas Press, Austin

The Role of Pheromones, Kariomones, and Allomones in the Host Selection and Colonization Behavior of Bark Beetles, D. L. Wood; Annual Review of Entomology