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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2008
Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions, K. F. Raffa, B. H. Aukema, B. J. Bentz, A. L. Carroll, J. A. Hicke, M. G. Turner, and W. H. Romme; BioScience
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; USFS Western Wildlands Environmental Threats Assessment Center
2007
Fire, Fuels, and Restoration of Ponderosa Pine-Douglas-fir Forests in the Rocky Mountains, USA, W. L. Baker, T. T. Veblen, and R. L. Sherriff; Journal of Biogeography
The 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, Ronald F. Billings, A. Steven Munson, T. Evan Nebeker, and Jose F. Negrón; Forest Ecology and Management
Influence of Fallen Tree Timing on Spruce Beetle Brood Production, Elizabeth G. Hebertson and Michael J. Jenkins; Western North American Naturalist
Predicting Postfire Douglas-Fir Beetle Attacks and Tree Mortality in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Sharon Hood and Barbara Bentz; Canadian Jorunal of Forest Research
Relative Influence of Diseases and Other Small-Scale Disturbances on Fuel Loading in the Black Hills, J E. Lundquist; Plant Disease
Fire Climbing in the Forest: A Semiqualitative, Semiquantitative Approach to Assessing Ladder Fuel Hazards, K. M. Menning and S. L. Stephens; Western Journal of Applied Forestry
Mountain Pine Beetle-Induced Changes to Selected Lodgepole Pine Fuel Complexes within the Intermountain Region, Wesley G. Page and Michael J. Jenkins; Forest Science
Predicted Fire Behavior in Selected Mountain Pine Beetle-Infected Lodgepole Pine, Wesley Page and Michael J. Jenkins; Forest Science
Virulence of, and Interactions Among Mountain Pine Beetle Associated Blue-Stain Fungi on Two Pine Species and Their Hybrids in Alberta, A. V. Rice, M. N. Thormann, and D. W. Langor; Canadian Journal of Botany
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
Integration of Visual and Olfactory Cues of Hosts and Non-hosts by Three Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), S. A. Campbell and J. H. Borden; Ecological Entomology
Landscape Analyses of Douglas-fir Beetle Populations in Northern Idaho, K. J. Dodds, S. L. Garman, and D. W. Ross; Forest Ecology and Management
Risk Rating Systems for the Douglas-fir Beetle in the Interior Western United States, K. J. Dodds, S. L. Garman, and D. W. Ross; Western Journal of Applied Forestry
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; Forest Ecology and Management
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; Forest Ecology and Management
History of Fire and Douglas-fir Establishment in a Savanna and Sagebrush-Grassland Mosaic, Southwestern Montana, USA, E. K. Heyerdahl, R. F. Miller, and R. A. Parsons; Forest Ecology and Management
Interactions Among Fire, Insects and Pathogens in Coniferous Forests of the Interior Western United States and Canada, T. J. Parker, K. M. Clancy, and R. L. Mathiasen; Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Estimating Canopy Fuel Characteristics in Five Conifer Stands in the Western United States Using Tree and Stand Measurements, E. Reinhardt, J. Scott, K. Gray, and R. Keane; Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Tree Mortality From Fire and Bark Beetles Following Early and Late Season Prescribed Fires in a Sierra Nevada Mixed-conifer Forest, Dylan W. Schwilka, Eric E. Knappb, Scott M. Ferrenberga, Jon E. Keeleya, and Anthony C. Capriod; Forest Ecology and Management
Comparison of Crown Fire Modeling Systems Used in Three Fire Management Applications, Joe H. Scott; USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Paper
The 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; Journal of Forestry
Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity, A. L. Westerling, H. G. Hidalgo, D. R. Cayan, and T. W. Swetnam; Science
Estimating the Probability of Mountain Pine Beetle Red-attack Damage, M. A. Wulder, J. C. White, B. Bentz, M. F. Alvarez, and N. C. Coops; Remote Sensing of the Environment