News tagged with lodgepole pine trees
Mountain pine beetle activity may impact snow accumulation and melt
A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates the infestation of trees by mountain pine beetles in the high country across the West could potentially trigger earlier snowmelt and increase water yields ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Researcher looking for way to minimize spread of mountain pine beetle
Like a human being who, with a compromised immune system, is vulnerable to secondary diseases, jack pine trees ravaged by budworms may be more susceptible to an invasion of mountain pine beetles.
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Warm winters mean more pine beetles, tree damage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations of tree-killing offspring annually, dramatically increasing the potential for bugs to kill lodgepole and ponderosa pine ...
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Discovery of pine beetles breeding twice in a year helps explain increasing damage, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Long thought to produce only one generation of tree-killing offspring annually, some populations of mountain pine beetles now produce two generations per year, dramatically increasing the ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Barking up the wrong tree
Besides attacking North America’s lodgepole pines, a combination of climate change and the mountain pine beetle are threatening to wipe out the remaining population of Alberta’s whitebark pine—a ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Climate change causing massive movement of tree species across the West
A huge "migration" of trees has begun across much of the West due to global warming, insect attack, diseases and fire, and many tree species are projected to decline or die out in regions where they have been present for ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Climate-change-induced wildfires may alter Yellowstone forests
Climate change in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem will increase the frequency of wildfires and alter the composition of the forests by 2050, according to a team of ecologists who modeled the effects of higher ...
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Presence of mountain pine beetles more evident on northern Front Range
If you saw red when visiting the northern Front Range foothills over the past few weekends, you’re not alone.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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New report highlights diversity and value of Alaska's coastal forests
A new report published by the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station presents summaries of current southeast and south-central Alaska forest topics, ranging from carbon and forest products to lichens and ...
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Storing seeds for a rainy day -- or in this case, a fire
As mountain pine beetles march across the forests of western North America, these insects may kill millions of pine trees during a single outbreak. A rise in overall temperatures over the past several years has increased ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Mountain pine beetle marching east from Alberta
A University of Alberta-led research team has determined that the mountain pine beetle has invaded jack pine forests in Alberta, opening up the possibility for an infestation that could stretch across the Prairies and keep ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Climate change causing demise of lodgepole pine in western North America
Lodgepole pine, a hardy tree species that can thrive in cold temperatures and plays a key role in many western ecosystems, is already shrinking in range as a result of climate change – and may almost ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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