High-altitude photography for inventories of mountain pine beetle damage ( Front Range, Colorado).

Abstract

High-altitude panoramic color infrared photography was used to assess a mountain pine beetle infestation in ponderosa pine stands on 12M acres of the Front Range of Colorado. Subsequently an in-place inventory was performed with the photography and ground sample data. The total number of trees killed in the Front Range was estimated to be 80 000, with a standard error of 15.7%. -from Authors