Factors governing outbreak dynamics in a forest intensively managed for mountain pine beetle.

ABSTRACT: Mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreaks have caused major economic losses and ecological consequences in North American pine forests. Ecological and environmental factors impacting MPB life-history and stands susceptibility can help with the detection of MPB infested trees and thereby, improve control. Temperatures, water stress, host characteristics, and beetle pressure are among those ecological and environmental factors. They play different roles on MPB population dynamics at the various stages of an outbreak and these roles can be affected by intensive management. However, to make detailed connections between ecological and environmental variables and MPB outbreak phases, a deeper quantitative analysis on local scales is needed. Here, we used logistic regressions on a highly-detailed and

SUBMITTER: Kunegel-Lion M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7200669 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature