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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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2005 2005

Basic Principles of Forest Fuel Reduction Treatments, James K. Agee and Carl N. Skinner; Forest Ecology and Management

Multiple Disturbance Interactions and Drought Influence Fire Severity in Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests, Christof Bigler, Dominik Kulakowski, and Thomas T. Veblen; Ecology

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; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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; Western North American Naturalits

Anatomical and Chemical Defenses of Conifer Bark Against Bark Beetles and Other Pests, V. R. Franceschi, P. Krokene, E. Christiansen, and T. Krekling; New Phytologist

Wildland Fire Hazard and Risk: Problems, Definitions and Context, Colin C. Hardy; Forest Ecology and Management

Forest Fuel Treatments in Western North America : Merging Silviculture and Fire Management, Morris C. Johnson and David L. Peterson; The Forestry Chroncle

Estimating Forest Canopy Bulk Density Using Six Indirect Methods, R. E. Keane, E. D. Reinhardt, J. Scott, K. Gray, and J. Reardon; Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Patch Structure, Fire-scar Formation, and Tree Regeneration in a Large Mixed-severity Fire in the South Dakota Black Hills, L. B. Lentile, F. W. Smith, and W. D. Sheppard; Canadian Journal of Forest Research

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

Long-term Impacts of Stand Management on Ponderosa Pine Physiology and Bark Beetle Abundance in Northern Arizona: A Replicated Landscape Study, G. L. Zausen, T. E. Kolb, J. D. Bailey, and M. R. Wagner; Forest Ecology and Management

2004 2004

Forest Restoration and Fire: Principals in the Context of Place, R. T. Brown, J. K. Agee, and J. F. Franklin; Conservation Biology

Postfire Mortality of Ponderosa Pine and Douglas-fir: a Review of Methods to Predict Tree Death, J. F. Fowler and C. H. Sieg

Risk and Damage of Southern Pine Beetle Outbreaks Under Global Climate Change, Jianbang Gan; Forest Ecology and Management

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

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; Silviculture in Special Places: Proceedings of the 2003 National Silviculture Workshop

Climate Change, Wildfire, and Conservation, D. McKenzie, Z. Gedalof, D. L. Peterson, and P. Mote; Conservation Biology

Fuel Treatments and Fire Regimes : Final Report, Philip N. Omi and Erik J. Martinson

Antennal Responses of Four Species of Tree-killing Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to Volatiles Collected from Beetles, and Their Host and Nonhost Conifers, D. S. Pureswaran, R. Gries, and J. H. Borden; Chemoecology

Interaction of Fire, Fuels, and Climate Across Rocky Mountain Forests, Tania Schoennagel, Thomas T. Veblen, and William H. Romme; BioScience

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; Journal of Economic Entomology