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Wildfire’s resistance to control in mountain pine beetle-attacked lodgepole pine forests
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Concerns about the impacts of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins)-caused tree mortality on wildfire potential in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.) forests have to date largely focused on the potential for extreme fire behaviour, including the development and spread of crown fires. Given that the wildland fire environment in which fire managers and firefighters work is composed of many interacting physical and human factors, viewing crown fire behaviour as the only or even the most important outcome of the tree mortality associated with a mountain pine beetle outbreak is questionable. Proper assessment of wildfire potential entails a broader approach, which requires expanding the concept of wildfire resistance to control to include an analysis of all relevant factors and their interactions. In this paper we describe a holistic concept of analyzing the impacts of mountain pine beetle-caused tree mortality on wildfire potential in lodgepole pine forests on the basis of fire behaviour characteristics, fire suppression operations, and firefighter safety considerations within the framework of three recognizable stages of the approximate time since the initiation of an outbreak (i.e., “red” ∼1 to 5 years, “gray” ∼5 to 15 years, and post-epidemic ∼15+ years).
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Removing dead wood from the forest reduces the fuel load and subsequently reduces the chances of wildfire spreading.
“removing dead wood from the forest reduces the fuel load and subsequently reduces the chances of wildfire spreading.”
From Life-cycle carbon footprint and total production potential of cross-laminated timber from California’s wildland-urban interface (2025) · cites this paper as [3]
The Fire behaviour characteristics section (page unavailable) says accumulations of dead and downed wood can increase fire hazard and provide a fuel bed for spot fires. This supports the concern about dead wood as fuel, but the paper does not establish that removing it reduces the chance of wildfire spreading; it also describes relatively slow to moderate spread rates in some heavily fuelled stands. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredLarge quantities of dead wood make the management of fire events more challenging.
“Large quantities of dead wood make the management of fire events more challenging [3, 4]”
From Life-cycle carbon footprint and total production potential of cross-laminated timber from California’s wildland-urban interface (2025) · cites this paper as [3]
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- Authors
- Page, W. G., Alexander, M. E., & Jenkins, M. J.
- Affiliations
- Utah State University (US)
- ORCID
- Jenkins, Michael J.
- Venue
- The Forestry Chronicle
- Publisher
- Canadian Institute of Forestry
- Published
- 2013-12
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 06
- Pages
- 783-794
- ISSN
- 0015-7546 (ISSN-L)
- 1499-9315
- OpenAlex
- W2068033101
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 52
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- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 7 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 3.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Forestry Chronicle (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Joint Fire Science Program
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Forest Management and Policy
- Keywords
- mountain pine beetle, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta var. latifolia, tree mortality, fire behavior, crown fire, firefighter safety, wildfire management
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