Health and abundance of five-needle pines in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico

Kelly S. Burns; Megan M. Dudley

doi:10.2737/WO-GTR-105a-Chap8

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Health and abundance of five-needle pines in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico

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Authors:

Kelly S. Burns, Megan M. Dudley

Year:

2025

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Washington Office

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-105a-Chap8

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Abstract

Five-needle pine populations are declining in many parts of the Rocky Mountains, largely due to the combined impacts of the nonnative, invasive disease known as white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) and mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). The purpose of this study was to gather baseline information on the distribution, abundance, and health of five-needle pines; characterize stand structure and site conditions; and determine the extent and severity of white pine blister rust in the study area.

Parent Publication

Forest Health Monitoring: Evaluation Monitoring project summaries 2023

Citation

Burns, Kelly S.; Dudley, Megan M. 2025. Health and abundance of five-needle pines in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. In: Conkling, B.L.; Pandit, K., eds. Forest Health Monitoring: Evaluation Monitoring project summaries 2023. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-105a. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 63–74. Chapter 8. https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-105a-Chap8.