Ecology of mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) cold hardening in the intermountain west

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-587

  Bentz, B J ^a   Mullins, D E ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Freeze intolerant; Supercooling point

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; LIFE CYCLE; PHLOEM; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTOMUS; DENDROCTOMUS PONDEROSAE; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTIDAE; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 0032878112     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.4.577     Document Type: Article

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