Effects of Fire, Insect, and Pathogen Damage on Wood Quality of Dead and Dying Western Conifers
- ISBN-10
- 1437935281
- ISBN-13
- 9781437935288
- Category
- Conifers
- Pages
- 77
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- Eini C. Lowell
Description
Contents: Intro.; The Changing Mgmt. Context; Previous Studies on Effects of Disturbance on Wood Quality; After the Fire: Changes in Dead and Dying Conifers; Predicting Conifer Mortality Following Fires; Types of Changes in the Wood of Dead Conifers; Insect Damage to Conifers; Stain and Decay Fungi Damage to Conifers; Factors Influencing the Rate of Deterioration; Species-Specific Changes in Wood Quality of Dead and Dying Conifers; Douglas-Fir; Englemann Spruce and White Spruce; Grand Fir and White Fir; Lodgepole Pine; Ponderosa, Sugar, Western White, and Jeffrey Pine; Subalpine Fir; Western Hemlock; Western Larch; Wood Quality Changes and Econ. Values; Visual Classification Systems; Volume and Value Loss. Conclusions.
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