Change in wood quality and fall rate of trees up to ten years after death from mountain pine beetle

"The authors used dendrochronology to crossdate pine killed by mountain pine beetle. They determined the exact year of mortality and characterized decay and degradation in factors of wood quality and quantity over time. The objective was to expand the time frame to examine pine that has been dead for 6-10 years and beyond. They examined the frequency of tree fall in beetle-affected stands (i.e., stand-level study) to determine if there was an increase in the frequency of tree fall resulting from the mortality of trees killed by mountain pine beetle. Secondly, they determined, in depth, the biophysical factors that affected wood quantity and quality in individual trees (i.e., treelevel study) following mortality. The tree-level study on wood decay and degrade focused on standing trees.--Document."@en
"Despite the history of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonous ponderosae Hopk.) outbreaks in British Columbia, including the outbreak in the mid 1980s that affected timber supply in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area, little was known about the post-mortality rate of deterioration of wood quality and quantity, and the rate of change in stand structure due to fall of dead trees. This study used dendrochronology to crossdate pine killed by mountain pine beetle to determine the exact year of mortality and to characterize decay and degradation in factors of wood quality and quantity over time.--Includes text from document."@en

"Change in wood quality and fall rate of trees up to ten years after death from mountain pine beetle"@en
"Change in wood quality and fall rate of trees up to ten years after death from mountain pine beetle"