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Relating severity of a mountain pine beetle outbreak to forest management history

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dc.contributor.authorVorster, Anthony, author
dc.contributor.authorStohlgren, Thomas, advisor
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Sunil, advisor
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Tony, committee member
dc.contributor.authorEvangelista, Paul, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T06:51:09Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T06:51:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe availability of remote sensing imagery before, during, and after the recent mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) epidemic in the southern Rocky Mountains presents exciting opportunities for assessing the current state of forests and how forest management in previous decades influenced outbreak severity across the landscape. I mapped outbreak severity at a 30-m resolution using integrative spatial modeling. I predicted that: 1) outbreak severity can be accurately predicted and mapped at Fraser Experimental Forest, Colorado using stand characteristics with a boosted regression tree model, Landsat imagery, geographic information system (GIS) data, and field data; and 2) forest stands that were unmanaged since the 1950s will have higher outbreak severity compared to stands that were treated since the 1950s. Outbreak severity, measured by the ratio of dead lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) basal area to the basal area of all trees, was mapped across Fraser Experimental Forest with a cross-validation correlation of 0.86 and a Spearman correlation with independently observed values of 0.64. The outbreak severity at stands harvested between 1954 and 1985 was lower than comparable uncut stands. Lessons learned about past treatments will inform forest management for future mountain pine beetle outbreaks.
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dc.identifierVorster_colostate_0053N_12611.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/84570
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectboosted regression trees
dc.subjectLandsat
dc.subjectmountain pine beetle
dc.subjectremote sensing
dc.subjectsilviculture
dc.titleRelating severity of a mountain pine beetle outbreak to forest management history
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thesis.degree.disciplineEcology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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