Matt Hansen

Treesearch Publications

• Thomas Kolb, Monica Gaylord, Amanda Grady, Matt Hansen, Ann M. Lynch, Joel McMillin, Justin B. Runyon. 2025. Does spruce aphid defoliation alter Engelmann spruce resistance to spruce beetle?
• 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
• 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]
• 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
• Matt Hansen, A. Steven Munson, David Wakarchuk, Darren Blackford, Andrew D. Graves, S. Sky Stephens, Jason E. Moan. 2019. Advances in semiochemical repellents to mitigate host mortality from the spruce beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• 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)
• Matt Hansen, A. Steven Munson, Darren Blackford, Andrew D. Graves, Tom W. Coleman, L. Scott Baggett. 2017. 3-Methylcyclohex-2-en-1-one for area and individual tree protection against spruce beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) attack in the southern Rocky Mountains
• Matt Hansen, Michael C. Amacher, Helga Van Miegroet, James N. Long, Michael G. Ryan. 2016. Chapter 11: The Influence of Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks on Carbon Productivity and Storage in Central U.S. Rockies Lodgepole Pine Forests (Project INT-EM-B-10-03)
• 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
• Matt Hansen, A. Steven Munson, Darren Blackford, David Wakarchuk, Scott Baggett. 2016. Lethal trap trees and semiochemical repellents as area host protection strategies for spruce beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in Utah
• Matt Hansen. 2014. Forest development and carbon dynamics after mountain pine beetle outbreaks
• Nancy E. Gillette, Matt Hansen, Constance J. Mehmel, Sylvia Mori, Jeffrey N. Webster, Nadir Erbilgin, David L. Wood. 2012. Area-wide application of verbenone-releasing flakes reduces mortality of whitebark pine Pinus albicaulis caused by the mountain pine beetle 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, 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
• Matt Hansen, Jose Negron, A. Steven Munson, John A. Anhold. 2010. A retrospective assessment of partial cutting to reduce spruce beetle-caused mortality in the southern Rocky Mountains
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Matt Hansen, Jim C. Vandygriff, Robert J. Cain, David Wakarchuk. 2006. Comparison of naturally and synthetically baited spruce beetle trapping systems in the central Rocky Mountains
• Matt Hansen, Barbara J. Bentz. 2003. Comparison of reproductive capacity among univoltine, semivoltine, and re-emerged parent spruce beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

• Utah State University, M.S., Forest Ecology, 2000
• Utah State University, B.S., Forestry (cum laude), 1986