Recent bark beetle outbreaks in North America and Europe have impacted forested
landscapes and the provisioning of critical ecosystem services. The scale and intensity of …

The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins)(MPB) has infested and
killed millions of hectares of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm) forests in …

Forests are substantially influenced by disturbances, and therefore accurate information
about the location, timing, and magnitude of disturbances is important for understanding …

Bark beetle outbreaks and wildfires are principal drivers of change in western North
American forests, and both have increased in severity and extent in recent years. These two …

In the western United States, mountain pine beetles (MPBs) have killed pine trees across
71,000 km2 of forest since the mid-1990s, leading to widespread concern that abundant …

Due to recent outbreaks of native bark beetles, forest ecosystems have experienced
substantial changes in landscape structure and function, which also affect nearby human …

Natural disturbances are a major source of spatial stand heterogeneity, initiating forest
community turnover. Besides large-scale events like fires, landslides or windthrows, small …

Protected areas worldwide are important to maintaining biodiversity and providing
recreational opportunities to society. However, many protected areas are affected by …

Amplified by warming temperatures and drought, recent outbreaks of native bark beetles
(Curculionidae: Scolytinae) have caused extensive tree mortality throughout Europe and …

After affecting millions of hectares of pine forests in western Canada, the mountain pine
beetle (MPB; Dendroctonous ponderosae Hopkins) is spreading out of its native range and …