Forest insects and pathogens are major disturbance agents that have affected millions of
hectares in N orth A merica in recent decades, implying significant impacts to the carbon (C) …

Disturbances, both natural and anthropogenic, affect the configuration, composition, and
function of forested ecosystems. Complex system behaviors emerge from the interactions …

Disturbance regimes are changing rapidly, and the consequences of such changes for
ecosystems and linked social‐ecological systems will be profound. This paper synthesizes …

Appropriate response to recent, widespread bark beetle (Dendroctonus spp.) outbreaks in
the western United States has been the subject of much debate in scientific and policy …

In the United States and Canada, pine forest ecosystems are being dramatically affected by
an unprecedented pine beetle infestation attributed to climate change. Both decreased …

For millennia the forests of the Rocky Mountains in the western United States have been
shaped by wildfires, outbreaks of insects, and the potential interactions between these …

Extensive beetle outbreaks across western North American forests have spurred debates
about how to best protect communities from wildfire. Previous work has found that fuels in …

The mountain pine beetle (MPB) has devastated trees on more than 1.3 million square
kilometers of land in North America, converting these forests from a carbon sink to a carbon …

During the 2012 Fall semester, Colorado State University I-WATER fellows were charged
with the task of examining “Integration at the Interfaces” of the I-WATER themes. The I …