Bark beetle infestation impacts on nutrient cycling, water quality and interdependent hydrological effects

KM Mikkelson, LA Bearup, RM Maxwell, JD Stednick… - Biogeochemistry, 2013 - Springer
Bark beetle populations have drastically increased in magnitude over the last several
decades leading to the largest-scale tree mortality ever recorded from an insect infestation …

Managing bark beetle impacts on ecosystems and society: priority questions to motivate future research

JL Morris, S Cottrell, CJ Fettig… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent bark beetle outbreaks in North America and Europe have impacted forested
landscapes and the provisioning of critical ecosystem services. The scale and intensity of …

Bark beetles increase biodiversity while maintaining drinking water quality

B Beudert, C Bässler, S Thorn, R Noss… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing natural disturbances in conifer forests worldwide complicate political decisions
about appropriate land management. In particular, allowing insects to kill trees without …

Hydrological effects of forest transpiration loss in bark beetle-impacted watersheds

LA Bearup, RM Maxwell, DW Clow… - Nature Climate Change, 2014 - nature.com
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 …

Wildfire altering terrestrial precursors of disinfection byproducts in forest detritus

JJ Wang, RA Dahlgren, MS Erşan… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Wildfire occurrence and intensity are increasing worldwide causing severe disturbances to
forest watersheds used for potable water supply. The effects of wildfire on drinking water …

When a tree dies in the forest: scaling climate-driven tree mortality to ecosystem water and carbon fluxes

WRL Anderegg, J Martinez-Vilalta, M Cailleret… - Ecosystems, 2016 - Springer
Drought-and heat-driven tree mortality, along with associated insect outbreaks, have been
observed globally in recent decades and are expected to increase in future climates …

Distinct fungal and bacterial responses to fire severity and soil depth across a ten-year wildfire chronosequence in beetle-killed lodgepole pine forests

MV Caiafa, AR Nelson, T Borch, HK Roth… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lodgepole pine forests are under threat due to wildfires of increasing severity and frequency
coupled with tree mortality from insect outbreaks. Soil microbial communities, which drive …

Biogeochemical impacts of wildfires over four millennia in a R ocky M ountain subalpine watershed

PV Dunnette, PE Higuera, KK McLauchlan… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Detection of spruce beetle-induced tree mortality using high-and medium-resolution remotely sensed imagery

SJ Hart, TT Veblen - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Outbreaks of bark beetles cause widespread tree mortality, which have important
consequences for wildlife, forest composition and structure, timber production, and water …

Forest ecosystem respiration estimated from eddy covariance and chamber measurements under high turbulence and substantial tree mortality from bark beetles

HN Speckman, JM Frank, JB Bradford… - Global Change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Eddy covariance nighttime fluxes are uncertain due to potential measurement biases. Many
studies report eddy covariance nighttime flux lower than flux from extrapolated chamber …