U.S. Forest Service Research Note

U.S. Forest Service Research Note
Author: United States. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Stations, Fort Collins, Colo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 498
Release: 1976
Genre: Forests and forestry
ISBN:

Effects of Fire, Insect, and Pathogen Damage on Wood Quality of Dead and Dying Western Conifers

Effects of Fire, Insect, and Pathogen Damage on Wood Quality of Dead and Dying Western Conifers
Author: Eini C. Lowell
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1437935281

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.