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.
Ecology
Aug 11, 2009
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Reproductive response of lodgepole pine trees to fire in Yellowstone National Park is countered by the effects of squirrels eating pine seeds, two University of Wyoming researchers have documented.
Ecology
Jun 17, 2014
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Not all pine trees are created equal when it comes to fending off their mortal enemy, the mountain pine beetle.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2019
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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 from snowpack ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2011
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Scientists for the first time have simultaneously compared widespread impacts from two of the most common forest insects in the West – mountain pine beetle and western spruce budworm – an advance that could lead to more ...
Environment
Mar 2, 2015
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