Re-measurement of whitebark pine infection and mortality in the Canadian Rockies

Cyndi M. Smith; Brenda Shepherd; Cameron Gillies; Jon Stuart-Smith

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Re-measurement of whitebark pine infection and mortality in the Canadian Rockies

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Authors:

Cyndi M. Smith, Brenda Shepherd, Cameron Gillies, Jon Stuart-Smith

Year:

2011

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; Smith, Cyndi M., eds. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 238-241.

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Abstract

Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) populations are under threat across the species' range from white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola), mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae), fire exclusion and climate change (Tomback and Achuff 2010). Loss of whitebark pine is predicted to have cascading effects on the following ecological services: provision of high-energy food for wildlife (Tomback and Kendall 2001), facilitation of succession (Callaway 1998) and retention of snowpack (Tomback and others 2001).

Parent Publication

The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium

Keywords

high elevation five-needle pines, threats, whitebark, Pinus albicaulis, limber, Pinus flexilis, southwestern white, Pinus strobiformis, foxtail, Pinus balfouriana, Great Basin bristlecone, Pinus longaeva, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata

Citation

Smith, Cyndi M.; Shepherd, Brenda; Gillies, Cameron; Stuart-Smith, Jon. 2011. Re-measurement of whitebark pine infection and mortality in the Canadian Rockies. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; Smith, Cyndi M., eds. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 238-241.