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Lodgepole Pine Susceptibility Rating of Mountain Pine Beetle Through the Use of a Density Management Diagram

Ninety-four unmanaged lodgepole pine stands were examined to evaluate the relationship between stand density and susceptibility to mountain pine beetle attack. Sample included stands from a broad geographical range in the western United States.
Beetle population trends were not significantly related to variation in stand density as measured by stand density index (SDI). The percentage of trees killed per acre by the mountain pine beetle in stands with greater than eighty percent lodgepole pine did vary significantly with changes in SDI. From these data three SDI zones were identified: 1) stands with SDI's of less than 125 showed low potential for attack, 2) stands between 125 and 250 SDI showed much greater levels of tree mortality, gradually decreasing toward the 250 SDI, 3) tree mortality decreased in stands as density increased beyond the 250 SDI value.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UTAHS/oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:etd-8377
Date01 May 1986
CreatorsAnhold, John Albert
PublisherDigitalCommons@USU
Source SetsUtah State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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