Increasing evidence that pervasive warming trends are altering disturbance regimes and
their interactions with fire has generated substantial interest and debate over the …

Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of
tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators …

The recent climate-exacerbated mountain pine beetle infestation in the Rocky Mountains of
North America has resulted in tree death that is unprecedented in recorded history. The …

Interactions between multiple disturbances are of special concern in ecology due to their
potential for non‐linear behavior and long‐lasting legacies on landscape structure and …

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.)-dominated ecosystems in north-central
Colorado are undergoing rapid and drastic changes associated with overstory tree mortality …

Mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) have killed billions of trees in
the United States and Canada in the last decades, thereby causing major alterations to …

Rocky Mountain forests are currently experiencing a bark beetle epidemic of unprecedented
severity and extent. Forest regeneration following bark beetle outbreaks is driven by the …

Wildfires can significantly alter forest carbon (C) storage and nitrogen (N) availability, but the
long‐term biogeochemical legacy of wildfires is poorly understood. We obtained a lake …

A mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) epidemic has caused
widespread mortality of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia …

Amplified by warming temperatures and drought, recent outbreaks of native bark beetles
(Curculionidae: Scolytinae) have caused extensive tree mortality throughout Europe and …