Project

Title

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Spruce Bark Beetle Study
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Keyword(s):
  • dendrochronological reconstruction
  • Dendroctonus rufipennis
  • Picea glauca
  • Picea mariana
  • spruce bark beetle
  • Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve
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Record Last Modified: December 16, 2015
FRAMES Record Number: 9776

Description

Tree cores were collected during 1997-1998 as part of a spruce bark beetle study in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (eastern Alaska). Data was collected from every tree on a 20-m x 20-m plot or the three largest trees were cored (at increment bore height on tree base). Presence/Absence of evidence of fire was recorded for each plot.

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