| seed release in serotinous lodgepole pine forests after mountain pine beetle outbreak. | there are concerns that large-scale stand mortality due to mountain pine beetle (mpb) could greatly reduce natural regeneration of serotinous rocky mountain (rm) lodgepole pine (pinus contorta var. latifolia) because the closed cones are held in place without the fire cue for cone opening. we selected 20 stands (five stands each of live [control], 3 years since mpb [3-yr-mpb], 6 years since mpb [6-yr-mpb], and 9 years since mpb [9-yr-mpb] mortality) in north central british columbia, canada. the ... | 2011 | 21516894 |