Barbara J. Bentz, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Marianne E. Davenport, Barbara J. Bentz, E. Matthew Hansen, Gregory J. Ragland. 2025. Variability in spruce beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) adult diapause and evidence for oocyte development prior to winter in a Colorado population
• E. M. Hansen, J. A. Powell, A. Graves, S. Souder, J. C. Vandygriff, M. Gaylord, J. McMillin, Barbara J. Bentz. 2025. Empirical and mechanistic models predict pinyon ips (Ips confusus) phenology
• Camille Pushman, Gregory J. Ragland, Michael E. Pfrender, Barbara J. Bentz, Ryan R. Bracewell. 2025. QTL identification and characterization of the recombination landscape of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)
• Elizabeth Rideout, Diane G. Alston, Barbara J. Bentz. 2025. A degree day model for predicting voltinism of the invasive balsam woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in northern Utah
• Martin Schebeck, Philipp Lehmann, Mathieu Laparie, Barbara J. Bentz, Gregory J. Ragland, Andrea Battisti, Daniel A. Hahn. 2024. Seasonality of forest insects: Why diapause matters
• Elizabeth Rideout, Diane G. Alston, Barbara J. Bentz. 2024. Sticky cards for monitoring dispersing balsam woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) crawlers in subalpine fir stands
• E. Matthew Hansen, Barbara J. Bentz, Scott Baggett. 2024. Evidence for an adult summer diapause in mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) that varies geographically and among haplogroups
• Catherine E. Wangen, James A. Powell, Barbara J. Bentz. 2024. A mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) adult development rate model confirms evolved geographic differences
• Barbara J. Bentz, Daniel R. Cluck, Beverly M. Bulaon, Sheri L. Smith. 2023. Western pine beetle voltinism in a changing California climate
• Matt Hansen, Barbara J. Bentz, Jim C. Vandygriff, Chris Garza. 2023. Factors associated with bark beetle infestations of Colorado Plateau ponderosa pine using repeatedly-measured field plots
• Josh McDaniel, Anna W. Schoettle, Barbara J. Bentz, Sara A. Goeking, Robert E. Keane, Melissa Jenkins, Diana Tomback. 2023. Not on our watch: Scientists and managers rush to save high-elevation, five-needle pines
• Jennifer H. Watt, Andrea Brunelle, Simon Brewer, Barbara J. Bentz, Jesse Morris, R. Justin DeRose. 2022. A Holocene record of vegetation change and mountain pine beetle outbreaks at Lake of the Woods, Montana, USA
• Robert E. Keane, Barbara J. Bentz, Lisa M. Holsinger, Vicki A. Saab, Rachel A. Loehman. 2022. Modeled interactions of mountain pine beetle and wildland fire under future climate and management scenarios for three western US landscapes
• Barbara J. Bentz, Matt Hansen, Marianne Davenport, David Soderberg. 2022. Complexities in predicting mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle response to climate change [Chapter 2]
• Justin B. Runyon, Barbara J. Bentz, Claire A. Qubain. 2022. Constitutive and induced defenses in long-lived pines do not trade off but are influenced by climate
• David N. Soderberg, Barbara J. Bentz, Justin B. Runyon, Sharon M. Hood, Karen E. Mock. 2022. Chemical defense strategies, induction timing, growth, and trade-offs in Pinus aristata and Pinus flexilis
• Barbara J. Bentz, Connie I. Millar, James C. Vandygriff, Earl M. Hansen. 2022. Great Basin bristlecone pine mortality: Causal factors and management implications
• Rachel M. Keen, Steven L. Voelker, S.-Y Simon Wang, Barbara J. Bentz, Michael L. Goulden, Cody R. Dangerfield, Charlotte Reed, Sharon M. Hood, Adam Z. Csank, Todd E. Dawson, Andrew G. Merschel, Christopher J. Still. 2022. Changes in tree drought sensitivity provided early warning signals to the California drought and forest mortality event
• David N. Soderberg, Bethany Kyre, Pierluigi Bonello, Barbara J. Bentz. 2021. Lignin concentrations in phloem and outer bark is not associated with resistance to mountain pine beetle among high elevation pines
• Barbara J. Bentz, E. Matthew Hansen, James C. Vandygriff, S. Sky Stephens, David Soderberg. 2021. Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) is a confirmed host to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)
• T. Hlásny, S. Zimová, Barbara J. Bentz. 2021. Scientific response to intensifying bark beetle outbreaks in Europe and North America
• Barbara J. Bentz, David Soderberg, Justin B. Runyon, Sharon M. Hood, Jim C. Vandygriff, Matt Hansen, Sky Stephens. 2021. Chapter 10 - Vulnerability of Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine to mountain pine beetle
• David N. Soderberg, Karen E. Mock, Richard W. Hofstetter, Barbara J. Bentz. 2021. Translocation experiment reveals capacity for mountain pine beetle persistence under climate warming
• Rachel M. Keen, Steve L. Voelker, Barbara J. Bentz, S.‑Y Simon Wang, Ryan Ferrell. 2020. Stronger influence of growth rate than severity of drought stress on mortality of large ponderosa pines during the 2012-2015 California drought
• Bethany R. Kyre, Barbara J. Bentz, Lynne K. Rieskea. 2020. Susceptibility of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) to gene silencing through RNAi provides potential as a novel management tool
• C. Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Michelle C. Agne, Robert A. Andrus, Matthew P. Ayres, Bruce D. Ayres, Jonathan D. Bakker, Michael A. Battaglia, Barbara J. Bentz, Carolyn R. Breece, James Brown, Daniel R. Cluck, Tom Coleman, R. Gregory Corace, W. Wallace Covington, Douglas S. Cram, James Cronan, Joseph E. Crouse, Adrian J. Das, Ryan S. Davis, Darci M. Dickinson, Stephen A. Fitzgerald, Peter Z. Fulé, Lisa M. Ganio, Lindsay M. Grayson, Charles B. Halpern, Jim L. Hanula, Brian J. Harvey, J. Kevin Hiers, David W. Huffman, MaryBeth Keifer, Tara L. Keyser, Leda N. Kobziar, Thomas E. Kolb, Crystal A. Kolden, Karen E. Kopper, Jason R. Kreitler, Jesse K. Kreye, Andrew M. Latimer, Andrew Lerch, Maria J. Lombardero, Virginia McDaniel, Charles W. McHugh, Joel D. McMillin, Jason J. Moghaddas, Joseph J. O’Brien, Daniel D. B. Perrakis, David W. Peterson, Susan J. Prichard, Robert Progar, Kenneth F. Raffa, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Joseph Restaino, John P. Roccaforte, Brendan M. Rogers, Kevin C. Ryan, Hugh D. Safford, Alyson E. Santoro, Timothy M. Shearman, Alice M. Shumate, Carolyn H. Sieg, Sheri L. Smith, Rebecca J. Smith, Nathan L. Stephenson, Mary Stuever, Jens Stevens, Michael T. Stoddard, Walter G. Thies, Nicole M. Vaillant, Shelby A. Weiss, Douglas J. Westlind, Travis J. Woolley, Micah C. Wright. 2020. The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire
• Barbara J. Bentz, Pierluigi Pierluigi, Horst Delb, Christopher J. Fettig, Therese M. M. Poland, Deepa Pureswaran, Steve J. Seybold. 2020. Advances in understanding and managing insect pests of forest trees
• Celia K. Boone, Jon Sweeney, Peter Silk, Cory Hughes, Reginald P. Webster, Fred Stephen, Lorraine Maclauchlan, Barbara J. Bentz, Alain Drumont, Boguang Zhao, Nick Berkvens, Hans Casteelsm, Jean‑Claude Gregoire. 2019. Monochamus species from different continents can be effectively detected with the same trapping protocol
• Barbara J. Bentz. 2019. Mountain pine beetle and Great Basin bristlecone pine: A complicated story
• Matt Hansen, Morris C. Johnson, Barbara J. Bentz, Jim C. Vandygriff, A. Steven Munson. 2019. Chapter 14: Impact of Bark Beetle Infestation on Fuel Loads and Fire Behavior in “Old-Stage” Southwestern Ponderosa Pine (Project INT-EM-F-12-02)
• Barbara J. Bentz, Anna Maria Jonsson, Martin Schroeder, Aaron Weed, Renate Anna Irma Wilcke, Karin Larsson. 2019. Ips typographus and Dendroctonus ponderosae models project thermal suitability for intra- and inter-continental establishment in a changing climate
• Anne E. McManis, James A. Powell, Barbara J. Bentz. 2019. Developmental parameters of a southern mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) population reveal potential source of latitudinal differences in generation time
• Anne E. McManis, James A. Powell, Barbara J. Bentz. 2019. Modeling mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) oviposition
• Barbara J. Bentz, Christopher J. Fettig, John Lundquist, Robert Progar, Nancy E. Gillette, Steve J. Seybold. 2018. Management of western North American bark beetles with semiochemicals
• Erika L. Eidson, Karen E. Mock, Barbara J. Bentz. 2018. Low offspring survival in mountain pine beetle infesting the resistant Great Basin bristlecone pine supports the preference-performance hypothesis
• Danielle M. Malesky, Barbara J. Bentz, Gary R. Brown, Andrea R. Brunelle, John M. Buffington, Linda M. Chappell, R. Justin DeRose, John C. Guyon, Carl L. Jorgensen, Rachel A. Loehman, Laura L. Lowrey, Ann M. Lynch, Marek Matyjasik, Joel D. McMillin, Javier E. Mercado, Jesse L. Morris, Jose Negron, Wayne G. Padgett, Robert Progar, Carol B. Randall. 2018. Effects of climate change on ecological disturbances [Chapter 8]
• Rachel A. Loehman, Barbara J. Bentz, Gregg A. DeNitto, Robert E. Keane, Mary E. Manning, Jacob P. Duncan, Joel M. Egan, Marcus B. Jackson, Sandra Kegley, I. Blakey Lockman, Dean E. Pearson, James A. Powell, Steve Shelly, Brytten E. Steed, Paul J. Zambino. 2018. Effects of climate change on ecological disturbance in the Northern Rockies Region [Chapter 8]
• Barbara J. Bentz, E. Matthew Hansen. 2017. Evidence for a prepupal diapause in the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae, Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
• Ryan R. Bracewell, Barbara J. Bentz, Brian Sullivan, Jeffrey M. Good. 2017. Rapid neo-sex chromosome evolution and incipient speciation in a major forest pest
• Eddy J. Dowle, Ryan R. Bracewell, Michael E. Pfrender, Karen E. Mock, Barbara J. Bentz, Gregory J. Ragland. 2017. Reproductive isolation and environmental adaptation shape the phylogeography of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosa)
• Erika L. Eidson, Karen E. Mock, Barbara J. Bentz. 2017. Mountain pine beetle host selection behavior confirms high resistance in Great Basin bristlecone pine
• Martin Schebeck, E. Matthew Hansen, Axel Schopf, Gregory J. Ragland, Christian Stauffer, Barbara J. Bentz. 2017. Diapause and overwintering of two spruce bark beetle species
• Lorenzo Marini, Bjorn Okland, Anna Maria Jonsson, Barbara J. Bentz, Allan Carroll, Beat Forster, Jean-Claude Gregoire, Rainer Hurling, Louis Michel Nageleisen, Sigrid Netherer, Hans Peter Ravn, Aaron Weed, Martin Schroeder. 2017. Climate drivers of bark beetle outbreak dynamics in Norway spruce forests
• Barbara J. Bentz, Jim C. Vandygriff, Camille Jensen, Tom Coleman, Patricia Maloney, Sheri Smith, Amanda Grady, Greta Schen-Langenheim. 2016. Chapter 15: Monitoring Mountain Pine Beetle Life Cycle Timing and Phloem Temperatures at Multiple Elevations and Latitudes in California(Project WC-EM-09-02)
• Andrew Lerch, Jesse A. Pfammatter, Barbara J. Bentz, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2016. Mountain pine beetle dynamics and reproductive success in post-fire lodgepole and ponderosa pine forests in northeastern Utah
• Barbara J. Bentz, Erika L. Eidson. 2016. Are high elevation pines equally vulnerable to climate change-induced mountain pine beetle attack?
• Barbara J. Bentz, Sharon M. Hood, Matt Hansen, Jim C. Vandygriff, Karen E. Mock. 2016. Defense traits in the long-lived Great Basin bristlecone pine and resistance to the native herbivore mountain pine beetle
• Vlastimil Krivan, Mark Lewis, Barbara J. Bentz, Sharon Bewick, Suzanne M. Lenhart, Andrew M. Liebhold. 2016. A dynamical model for bark beetle outbreaks
• Thomas E. Kolb, Christopher J. Fettig, Barbara J. Bentz, Jane E. Stewart, Aaron S. Weed, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Matthew P. Ayres. 2016. Forest insect and fungal pathogen responses to drought [Chapter 6]
• Thomas E. Kolb, Christopher J. Fettig, Matthew P. Ayres, Barbara J. Bentz, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Robert Mathiasen, Jane E. Stewart, Aaron S. Weed. 2016. Observed and anticipated impacts of drought on forest insects and diseases in the United States
• T. D. Ramsfield, Barbara J. Bentz, M. Faccoli, H. Jactel, E. G. Brockerhoff. 2016. Forest health in a changing world: Effects of globalization and climate change on forest insect and pathogen impacts
• Barbara J. Bentz, Jacob P. Duncan, James A. Powell. 2016. Elevational shifts in thermal suitability for mountain pine beetle population growth in a changing climate
• Audrey Addison, James A. Powell, Barbara J. Bentz, Diana L. Six. 2015. Integrating models to investigate critical phenological overlaps in complex ecological interactions: The mountain pine beetle-fungus symbiosis
• E. Matthew Hansen, Morris C. Johnson, Barbara J. Bentz, James C. Vandygriff, A. Steven Munson. 2015. Fuel loads and simulated fire behavior in "old-stage" beetle-infested ponderosa pine of the Colorado Plateau
• Barbara J. Bentz, Celia Boone, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2015. Tree response and mountain pine beetle attack preference, reproduction, and emergence timing in mixed whitebark and lodgepole pines
• J. C. Vandygriff, E. Hansen, Barbara J. Bentz, K. K. Allen, G. D. Amman, L. A. Rasmussen. 2015. Long-term efficacy of diameter-limit cutting to reduce mountain pine beetle-caused tree mortality in a lodgepole pine forest
• William R. L. Anderegg, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Rosie A. Fisher, Craig D. Allen, Juliann Aukema, Barbara J. Bentz, Sharon Hood, Jeremy W. Lichstein, Alison K. Macalady, Nate McDowell, Yude Pan, Kenneth Raffa, Anna Sala, John D. Shaw, Nathan L. Stephenson, Christina Tague, Melanie Zeppel. 2015. Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate
• Aaron S. Weed, Barbara J. Bentz, Matthew P. Ayres, Tom Holmes. 2015. Geographically variable response of Dendroctonus ponderosae to winter warming in the western United States
• Barbara J. Bentz, James A. Powell. 2014. Mountain pine beetle seasonal timing and constraints to bivoltinism (A comment on Mitton and Ferrenberg, "Mountain Pine Beetle Develops an Unprecedented Summer Generation in Response to Climate Warming")
• James A. Powell, Barbara J. Bentz. 2014. Phenology and density-dependent dispersal predict patterns of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) impact
• Beth Hahn, Vicki A. Saab, Barbara J. Bentz, Rachel A. Loehman, Robert E. Keane. 2014. Ecological consequences of the MPB epidemic for habitats and populations of wildlife [Chapter 5]
• Barbara J. Bentz, Jim C. Vandygriff, Camille Jensen, Tom Coleman, Patricia Maloney, Sheri Smith, Amanda Grady, Greta Schen-Langenheim. 2014. Mountain pine beetle voltinism and life history characteristics across latitudinal and elevational gradients in the western United States
• Michael J. Jenkins, Justin B. Runyon, Christopher J. Fettig, Wesley G. Page, Barbara J. Bentz. 2014. Interactions among the mountain pine beetle, fires, and fuels
• A. L. Addison, J. A. Powell, D. L. Six, M. Moore, Barbara J. Bentz. 2013. The role of temperature variability in stabilizing the mountain pine beetle-fungus mutualism
• R. Justin DeRose, Barbara J. Bentz, James N. Long, John D. Shaw. 2013. Effect of increasing temperatures on the distribution of spruce beetle in Engelmann spruce forests of the Interior West, USA
• Christopher J. Fettig, Mary L. Reid, Barbara J. Bentz, Sanna Sevanto, David L. Spittlehouse, T. Wang. 2013. Changing climates, changing forests: A western North American perspective
• Ryan R. Bracewell, Michael E. Pfrender, Karen E. Mock, Barbara J. Bentz. 2013. Contrasting geographic patterns of genetic differentiation in body size and development time with reproductive isolation in Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
• Ryan S. Davis, Sharon M. Hood, Barbara J. Bentz. 2012. Fire-injured ponderosa pine provide a pulsed resource for bark beetles
• Jacques Regniere, James Powell, Barbara J. Bentz, Vincent Nealis. 2012. Effects of temperature on development, survival and reproduction of insects: Experimental design, data analysis and modeling
• Benjamin A. Crabb, James A. Powell, Barbara J. Bentz. 2012. Development and assessment of 30-meter pine density maps for landscape-level modeling of mountain pine beetle dynamics
• Barbara J. Bentz, Ryan B. Bracewell, Karen E. Mock, Michael E. Pfrender. 2011. Genetic architecture and phenotypic plasticity of thermally-regulated traits in an eruptive species, Dendroctonus ponderosae
• Matt Hansen, Barbara J. Bentz, James A. Powell, David R. Gray, Jim C. Vandygriff. 2011. Prepupal diapause and instar IV developmental rates of the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
• Barbara J. Bentz, Elizabeth Campbell, Ken Gibson, Sandra Kegley, Jesse Logan, Diana Six. 2011. Mountain pine beetle in high-elevation five-needle white pine ecosystems
• Ryan R. Bracewell, Michael E. Pfrender, Karen E. Mock, Barbara J. Bentz. 2011. Cryptic postzygotic isolation in an eruptive species of bark beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)
• Barbara J. Bentz, Jacques Regniere, Christopher J. Fettig, Matt Hansen, Jane L. Hayes, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Rick G. Kelsey, Jose Negron, Steve J. Seybold. 2010. Climate change and bark beetles of the western United States and Canada: Direct and indirect effects
• Ken Gibson, Sandy Kegley, Barbara J. Bentz. 2009. Mountain pine beetle
• John E. Lundquist, Barbara J. Bentz. 2009. Bark beetles in a changing climate
• James A. Powell, Barbara J. Bentz. 2009. Connecting phenological predictions with population growth rates for mountain pine beetle, an outbreak insect
• Kenneth F. Raffa, Brian Aukema, Barbara J. Bentz, Allan Carroll, Nadir Erbilgin, Daniel A. Herms, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Richard W. Hofstetter, Steven Katovich, B. Staffan Lindgren, Jesse Logan, William Mattson, A. Steven Munson, Daniel J. Robison, Diana L. Six, Patrick Tobin, Philip A. Townsend, Kimberly F. Wallin. 2009. A literal use of "forest health" safeguards against misuse and misapplication
• C. S. Davis, K. E. Mock, Barbara J. Bentz, S. M. Bromilow, N. V. Bartell, B. W. Murray, A. D. Roe, J. E. K. Cooke. 2009. Isolation and characterization of 16 microsatellite loci in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Barbara J. Bentz, Jesse Logan, Jim MacMahon, Craig D. Allen, Matt Ayres, Ed Berg, Allan Carroll, Matt Hansen, Jeff Hicke, Linda A. Joyce, Wallace Macfarlane, Steve Munson, Jose Negron, Tim Paine, Jim Powell, Ken Raffa, Jacques Regniere, Mary Reid, Bill Romme, Steve J. Seybold, Diana Six, Diana Tomback, Jim C. Vandygriff, Tom Veblen, Mike White, Jeff Witcosky, David Wood. 2009. Bark beetle outbreaks in western North America: Causes and consequences
• Barbara J. Bentz. 2008. Mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
• Barbara J. Bentz. 2008. Bark beetles in the genus Dendroctonus
• Merrill R. Kaufmann, Gregory H. Aplet, Michael G. Babler, William L. Baker, Barbara J. Bentz, Michael G. Harrington, Brad C. Hawkes, Laurie Huckaby, Michael J. Jenkins, Daniel M. Kashian, Robert E. Keane, Dominik Kulakowski, Ward McCaughey, Charles W. McHugh, Jose Negron, John B. Popp, William H. Romme, Wayne Shepperd, Frederick W. Smith, Elaine K. Sutherland, Daniel Tinker, Thomas T. Veblen. 2008. The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles - a focus on forest ecology and fire behavior
• Kenneth F. Raffa, Brian H. Aukema, Barbara J. Bentz, Allan L. Carroll, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Monica G. Turner, William H. Romme. 2008. Cross-scale drivers of natural disturbances prone to anthropogenic amplification: Dynamics of biome-wide bark beetle eruptions
• Andrea Brunelle, Gerald Rehfeldt, Barbara J. Bentz, A. Steven Munson. 2008. Holocene records of Dendroctonus bark beetles in high elevation pine forests of Idaho and Montana, USA
• Jose Negron, Barbara J. Bentz, Christopher J. Fettig, Nancy E. Gillette, Matt Hansen, Jane L. Hayes, Rick G. Kelsey, John Lundquist, Ann M. Lynch, Robert Progar, Steve J. Seybold. 2008. US Forest Service bark beetle research in the western United States: Looking toward the future
• Barbara J. Bentz, Diane Alston, Ted Evans. 2008. Great Basin insect outbreaks
• Jacques Regniere, Barbara J. Bentz. 2007. Modeling cold tolerance in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae
• Barbara J. Bentz, Greta Schen-Langenheim. 2007. The mountain pine beetle and whitebark pine waltz: Has the music changed?
• Sharon M. Hood, Barbara J. Bentz. 2007. Predicting postfire Douglas-fir beetle attacks and tree mortality in the northern Rocky Mountains
• K. E. Mock, Barbara J. Bentz, E. M. O'Neill, J. P. Chong, J. Orwin, M. E. Pfrender. 2007. Landscape-scale genetic variation in a forest outbreak species, the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)
• Sharon M. Hood, Barbara J. Bentz, Ken Gibson, Kevin C. Ryan, Gregg DeNitto. 2007. Assessing post-fire Douglas-fir mortality and Douglas-fir beetle attacks in the northern Rocky Mountains
• Barbara J. Bentz, Mike Pfrender, Ryan Bracewell, Karen Mock. 2007. Genetic architecture of differences in fitness traits among geographically separated Dendroctonus ponderosae populations
• Barbara J. Bentz, Anthony Cognato, Kenneth Raffa. 2007. Proceedings from the Third Workshop on Genetics of Bark Beetles and Associated Microorganisms
• D. L. Six, Barbara J. Bentz. 2007. Temperature determines symbiont abundance in a multipartite bark beetle-fungus ectosymbiosis
• M. A. Wulder, J. C. White, Barbara J. Bentz, T. Ebata. 2006. Augmenting the existing survey hierarchy for mountain pine beetle red-attack damage with satellite remotely sensed data
• Barbara J. Bentz, Diana L. Six. 2006. Ergosterol content of fungi associated with Dendroctonus ponderosae and Dendroctonus rufipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
• Matt Hansen, Barbara J. Bentz, A. Steven Munson, Jim C. Vandygriff, David Turner. 2006. Evaluation of funnel traps for estimating tree mortality and associated population phase of spruce beetle in Utah
• Barbara J. Bentz. 2006. Mountain pine beetle population sampling: inferences from Lindgren pheromone traps and tree emergence cages
• Michael A Wulder, J. C. White, Barbara J. Bentz, M. F. Alvarez, N. C. Coops. 2006. Estimating the probability of mountain pine beetle red-attack damage
• M. A. Wulder, J. C. White, Barbara J. Bentz. 2005. Detection and mapping of mountain pine beetle red attack: Matching information needs with appropriate remotely sensed data
• Barbara J. Bentz, S. Kegley, K. Gibson, R. Their. 2005. A test of high-dose verbenone for stand-level protection of lodgepole and whitebark pine from mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) attacks
• Estella Gilbert, James A. Powell, Jesse A. Logan, Barbara J. Bentz. 2004. Comparison of three models predicting developmental milestones given environmental and individual variation
• Barbara J. Bentz, D. Endreson. 2004. Evaluating satellite imagery for estimating mountain pine beetle-caused lodgepole pine mortality: Current status
• Diana L. Six, Barbara J. Bentz. 2003. Fungi associated with the North American spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis
• Sharon M. Hood, Barbara J. Bentz, Kevin C. Ryan. 2003. Douglas-fir beetle attack and tree mortality following wildfire
• Richard Cutler, Leslie Brown, James Powell, Barbara J. Bentz, Adele Cutler. 2003. Identifying "redtops": Classification of satellite imagery for tracking mountain pine beetle progression through a pine forest
• Matt Hansen, Barbara J. Bentz. 2003. Comparison of reproductive capacity among univoltine, semivoltine, and re-emerged parent spruce beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
• David C. Chojnacky, Barbara J. Bentz, Jesse A. Logan. 2000. Mountain pine beetle attack in ponderosa pine: Comparing methods for rating susceptibility
• Barbara J. Bentz. 2000. Forest Insect and Disease Tally System (FINDIT) user manual
• Ken Gibson, Sandy Kegley, Barbara J. Bentz. 1990. Mountain Pine Beetle

• Program
  

  Forest and Woodland Ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/fwe
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Douglas-fir and Fire

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/projects/douglasfir

Articles

• Article
  

  Predicting lifecycle timing and infestation patterns of the pinyon ips bark beetle

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/predicting-lifecycle-timing-and-infestation-patterns-pinyon-ips-bark-beetle

Multimedia

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  Meet Dr. Barbara Bentz, Research Entomologist

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/videos/meet-dr-barbara-bentz-research-entomologist

• Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Ph.D., Entomology, 1991
• University of Idaho, Moscow, M.S., Forestry and Entomology, 1984
• Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, B.S., Forestry and Biology, 1981