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Fire and insects are natural disturbance agents in many forest ecosystems, often interacting to affect succession, nutrient cycling, and forest species composition. We review literature pertaining to effects of fire-insect interactions on ecological succession, use of prescribed fire for insect pest control, and effects of fire on insect diversity from northern and boreal forests in North America. Fire suppression policies implemented in the early 1900s have resulted in profound changes in forest species composition and structure. Associated with these changes was an increased vulnerability of forest stands to damage during outbreaks of defoliating insects. Information about the roles that both fire and insects play in many northern forests is needed to increase our understanding of the ecology of these systems and to develop sound management policies.
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- Abies balsamea
- Abies concolor
- Abies grandis
- Abies procera
- Acer
- arthropods
- bark
- bark beetles
- bibliographies
- biological diversity
- boreal forests
- Canada
- Choristoneura spp.
- crown fires
- Dendroctonus ponderosae
- Dendroctonus pseudotsugae
- Dendroctonus rufipennis
- disturbance
- ecosystem dynamics
- Fagus grandifolia
- fire exclusion
- fire intensity
- fire management
- fire suppression
- foliage
- forest management
- Fraxinus
- fuel types
- hardwood forest
- ignition
- insects
- Ips pini
- Juniperus occidentalis
- Juniperus virginiana
- Lepidoptera
- litter
- Monochamus
- mortality
- nutrient cycling
- old growth forest
- Orgyia pseudotsugata
- pest control
- Picea engelmannii
- Picea glauca
- Picea mariana
- Picea sitchensis
- Pinus banksiana
- Pinus contorta
- Pinus ponderosa
- Pinus resinosa
- plant diseases
- plant species
- population density
- Populus balsamifera
- Populus trichocarpa
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- Quercus
- species diversity
- stand characteristics
- succession
- surface fires
- taiga
- Thuja occidentalis
- trees
- Tsuga
- Ulmus
- understory vegetation
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