Improving Mountain Pine Beetle Survival Predictions Using Multi-Year Temperatures Across the Western USA
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Area and Data
2.2. MPB Overwinter Survival Model
2.3. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Location | Model | Reference | Difference |
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Fairfield Ranger Station | 0.353 | 0.408 | 0.055 |
Ketchum Ranger Station | 0.556 | 0.55 | −0.006 |
Stanley | 0.184 | 0.205 | 0.021 |
Banner Summit | 0.51 | 0.602 | 0.092 |
Galena | 0.547 | 0.533 | −0.014 |
Dollarhide Summit | 0.698 | 0.777 | 0.079 |
Galena Summit | 0.613 | 0.652 | 0.039 |
Vienna MINE | 0.61 | 0.623 | 0.013 |
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Bone, C.; Nelson, M.F. Improving Mountain Pine Beetle Survival Predictions Using Multi-Year Temperatures Across the Western USA. Forests 2019, 10, 866. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100866
Bone C, Nelson MF. Improving Mountain Pine Beetle Survival Predictions Using Multi-Year Temperatures Across the Western USA. Forests. 2019; 10(10):866. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100866
Chicago/Turabian StyleBone, Christopher, and Michael France Nelson. 2019. "Improving Mountain Pine Beetle Survival Predictions Using Multi-Year Temperatures Across the Western USA" Forests 10, no. 10: 866. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10100866