Stand Hazard Rating for Central Idaho Forests

Stand Hazard Rating for Central Idaho Forests
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Total Pages : 29
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:34700911
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Synopsis Stand Hazard Rating for Central Idaho Forests by : Robert Wilbur Steele

Growing concern over sustainability of central Idaho forests has created a need to assess the health of forest stands on a relative basis. A stand hazard rating was developed as a composite of 11 individual ratings to compare the health hazards of different stands. The composite rating includes Douglas-fir beetle, mountain pine beetle, western pine beetle, spruce beetle, Douglas-fir tussock moth, western spruce budworm, dwarf mistletoes, annosus root disease, Swhweinitzii root and butt rot, and wildfire. The interacting effects of these agents were also considered.