Hybrid mountain pine beetles set to spread more easily
A hybrid population of mountain pine beetles is set to do further damage to one of Canada's most iconic regions.
Plants & Animals
Feb 19, 2018
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News tagged with pine beetles
Climate may quickly drive forest-eating beetles north, says study
Over the next few decades, global warming-related rises in winter temperatures could significantly extend the range of the southern pine beetle—one of the world's most aggressive tree-killing insects—through much of the ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2017
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Slow-growing ponderosas survive mountain pine beetle outbreaks
Slow-growing ponderosa pines may have a better chance of surviving mountain pine beetle outbreaks in western Montana as climate change increases the frequency of drought and insect pests, according to new research published ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2017
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Measuring the impact of a changing climate on threatened Yellowstone grizzly bears
Climate change is altering the environment in Yellowstone National Park and its surrounding region and scientists at the University of California San Diego and Unity College are studying its impacts on the diets of threatened ...
Ecology
May 11, 2017
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Researchers find more efficient way to make oil from dead trees
The mountain pine beetle has destroyed more than 40 million acres of forest in the western United States. That amounts to an area the size of Washington state that is strewn with conifers left for dead.
Energy & Green Tech
May 2, 2017
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Colorado's 834 million dead trees threaten to worsen fires (Update)
Colorado's beetle-infested forests are peppered with an estimated 834 million standing dead trees that threaten to worsen wildfires and degrade vital water supplies that flow from mountains, officials said Wednesday.
Environment
Feb 15, 2017
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Honduras manages to stall pine-munching bugs' march
Over the past three years, Honduras has lost a quarter of its pine forests to a plague of bark-munching beetles.
Ecology
Feb 5, 2017
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Researcher says management of pine beetle not working
A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles—pheromone baiting—may actually help the pest's population increase, UBC research shows.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2016
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Variable tree growth after fire protects forests from future bark beetle outbreaks
Do severe wildfires make forests in the western United States more susceptible to future bark beetle outbreaks?
Environment
Nov 7, 2016
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Thrive or fail: Examining forest resilience in the face of fires
In 1988, fires consumed more than a million acres of Yellowstone National Park and its surrounding lands. But for the past three decades, Yellowstone's forests—resilient ecosystems composed of species adapted to periodic ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2016
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