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Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetles

The recent epidemic of Mountain Pine Beetles, which lasted from the late 1990s to about 2012, hit Colorado particularly hard. A Forest Service summary of impacts of this epidemic on Colorado examines its negative as well as positive impacts on habitats of some species.

Full summary here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/sites/default/files/documents/sycu_5_mtnpinebtle_web.pdf

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
May 29, 2020

Categories: Research Brief/SynthesisTags: beetle epidemics, climate change, insect-driven mortality, Insects & Disease, mountain pine beetle, Rocky Mountain Research Station, tree mortality

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