The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles - a focus on forest ecology and fire behavior

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

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The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles - a focus on forest ecology and fire behavior

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Authors:

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

Year:

2008

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

GFI technical report 2008-2. Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy. 13 p.

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Abstract

Mountain pine beetle populations have reached outbreak levels in lodgepole pine forests throughout North America. The geographic focus of this report centers on the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado and southern Wyoming. The epidemic extends much more widely, however, from the southern Rocky Mountains in Colorado in the United States to the northern Rocky Mountains in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.

Keywords

mountain pine beetle, lodgepole pine forests, forest ecology, fire behavior

Citation

Kaufmann, Merrill R.; Aplet, Gregory H.; Babler, Michael G.; Baker, William L.; Bentz, Barbara; Harrington, Michael; Hawkes, Brad C.; Huckaby, Laurie Stroh; Jenkins, Michael J.; Kashian, Daniel M.; Keane, Robert E.; Kulakowski, Dominik; McCaughey, Ward; McHugh, Charles; Negron, Jose; Popp, John; Romme, William H.; Shepperd, Wayne; Smith, Frederick W.; Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy; Tinker, Daniel; Veblen, Thomas T. 2008. The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles - a focus on forest ecology and fire behavior. GFI technical report 2008-2. Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy. 13 p.