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Legacy Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak: Defense, Growth and Survival of Residual Lodgepole Pine Trees in Alberta
DownloadFall 2019
Periodic mountain pine beetle outbreaks have affected millions of hectares of lodgepole pine forests in western North America. Within these stands often some pine trees remain alive. In addition to causing direct pine mortality, outbreaks also have short- and long-term legacy effects on both...
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Spatial characteristics of volatile communication and the role of soil resources in pine defenses
DownloadFall 2019
Recent unprecedented climate change has increased the frequency and severity of tree-killing Dendroctonus bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Understanding factors and mechanisms influencing host plant-bark beetle interactions at a landscape level such as plant defenses, edaphic...