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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News tagged with pine beetles
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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Landsat—The watchman that never sleeps
In western North America, mountain pine beetles infest and ravage thousands of acres of forest lands. Landsat satellites bear witness to the onslaught in a way that neither humans nor most other satellites can.
Environment
Jul 19, 2016
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Shock as Honduras national park cleared to halt bugs
A massive bug infestation and cut-down of pine trees in a national park in Honduras has stunned residents and sparked a warning from experts that a localized spike in temperatures will ensue.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2016
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Thriving B.C. forests outpace pine-beetle CO2 losses by 2020
In a rare bit of good climate change news, scientists have found that trees are growing faster in British Columbia due to global warming, and this is starting to counter the carbon-loss impacts of the province's devastating ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2016
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Study provides new knowledge for managing tree-killing bark beetles
Outbreaks of the southern pine beetle can't be stopped by its main predator, but risks to forests from this tree-killing insect can be predicted with a simple, inexpensive monitoring program, according to a study by Dartmouth ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2016
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When trees die, water slows
Mountain pine beetle populations have exploded over the past decade due to warmer temperatures and drier summers, and these insects have infected and killed thousands of acres of western pine forests. Researchers have predicted ...
Environment
Dec 16, 2015
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Young pine trees face new peril from mountain pine beetle
New research from the University of Alberta's Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences shows that pine beetle attacks not only lead to the death of adult trees, but can also leave the next generation of pine ...
Ecology
Jun 23, 2015
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New mesoamerican pine beetle described
A newly-discovered species of tree-killing bark beetle, Dendroctonus mesoamericanus Armendáriz-Toledano and Sullivan, has been described in a paper published online in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America by ...
Ecology
Apr 14, 2015
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