Two
major disturbances of forests in western North America
are fires and insect outbreaks. Much
research has focused on the effects of fires on the carbon cycle; little
research to date has occurred about outbreaks.
We are using observations, including field measurements and remotely
sensed imagery, together with ecosystem and insect population modeling improve
our understanding of these disturbances on carbon cycling.
Author: J. A. Hicke, D. S. Ojima, J. A. Logan, D. Kashian, et al (jhicke at nrel dot colostate dot edu)
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