Bark beetle outbreaks in western North America: Causes and consequences

Barbara Bentz; Jesse Logan; Jim MacMahon; Craig D. Allen; Matt Ayres; Ed Berg; Allan Carroll; Matt Hansen; Jeff Hicke; Linda Joyce; Wallace Macfarlane; Steve Munson; Jose Negron; Tim Paine; Jim Powell; Ken Raffa; Jacques Regniere; Mary Reid; Bill Romme; Steven J. Seybold; Diana Six; Diana Tomback; Jim Vandygriff; Tom Veblen; Mike White; Jeff Witcosky; David Wood

Bark beetle outbreaks in western North America: Causes and consequences

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Authors:	Barbara Bentz, Jesse Logan, Jim MacMahon, Craig D. Allen, Matt Ayres, Ed Berg, Allan Carroll, Matt Hansen, Jeff Hicke, Linda Joyce, Wallace Macfarlane, Steve Munson, Jose Negron, Tim Paine, Jim Powell, Ken Raffa, Jacques Regniere, Mary Reid, Bill Romme, Steven J. Seybold, Diana Six, Diana Tomback, Jim Vandygriff, Tom Veblen, Mike White, Jeff Witcosky, David Wood
Year:	2009
Type:	Miscellaneous Publication
Station:	Rocky Mountain Research Station
Source:	Bark Beetle Symposium; Snowbird, Utah; November, 2005. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. 42 p.

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Abstract

Since 1990, native bark beetles have killed billions of trees across millions of acres of forest from Alaska to northern Mexico. Although bark beetle infestations are a regular force of natural change in forested ecosystems, several of the current outbreaks, which are occurring simultaneously across western North America, are the largest and most severe in recorded history.

Keywords

bark beetle, infestation

Citation

Bentz, Barbara; Logan, Jesse; MacMahon, Jim; Allen, Craig D.; Ayres, Matt; Berg, Ed; Carroll, Allan; Hansen, Matt; Hicke, Jeff; Joyce, Linda; Macfarlane, Wallace; Munson, Steve; Negron, Jose; Paine, Tim; Powell, Jim; Raffa, Ken; Regniere, Jacques; Reid, Mary; Romme, Bill; Seybold, Steven J.; Six, Diana; Tomback, Diana; Vandygriff, Jim; Veblen, Tom; White, Mike; Witcosky, Jeff; Wood, David. 2009. Bark beetle outbreaks in western North America: Causes and consequences. Bark Beetle Symposium; Snowbird, Utah; November, 2005. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. 42 p.