Intrinsic and extrinsic determinants of mountain pine beetle population growth

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-196

  Trzcinski, M Kurtis ^a   Reid, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendroctonus ponderosae; Density dependence; Environmental impact; Maximum rate of population increase; Pinus contorta; Resource depletion; Spatial scale; Weather effects

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 65249177238     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00408.x     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Amman, G.D 1972) Mountain pine beetle brood production in relation to thickness of lodgepole pine phloem. Journal of Economic Entomology, 65, 138 140.
2. Amman, G.D 1978) The biology, ecology and causes of outbreaks of the mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine forests. Theory and Practice of Mountain Pine Beetle Management in Lodgepole Pine Forests. Symposium Proceedings, April 25-27, 1978, Pullman WA, Moscow, ID (ed. by A. Berryman, G. D. Amman and R. W. Stark pp. 39 53. University of Idaho, Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station, Idaho.
3. Amman, G.D 1984) Mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) mortality in three types of infestations. Environmental Entomology, 3, 184 191.
4. Andrewartha, H.G. Birch, L.C 1954) The Distribution and Abundance of Animals. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
5. Aukema, B.H., Carroll, A.L., Zhu, J., Raffa, K.F., Sickley, T.A. Taylor, S.W 2006) Landscape level analysis of mountain pine beetle in British Columbia, Canada: spatiotemporal development and spatial synchrony within the present outbreak. Ecography, 29, 427 441.
6. Barbouletos, T., Knapp, A., Gardner, B. Mocettini, P 1994) Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the Intermountain Region. Forest Pest Management, State and Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, Utah.
7. Barclay, H.J., Li, C., Benson, L., Taylor, S. Shore, T 2005) Effects of fire return rates on traverseability of lodgepole pine forests for mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and the use of patch metrics to estimate traverseability. Canadian Entomologist, 137, 566 583.
8. Beal, J.A 1943) Relation between tree growth and outbreaks of the Black Hills beetle. Journal of Forestry, 41, 359 366.
9. Berryman, A.A 1999) Principals of Population Dynamics and their Application. Stanley Thornes Publishers, U.K.
10. Berryman, A.A., Raffa, K.F., Millstein, J.A. Stenseth, N.C 1989) Interaction dynamics of bark beetle aggregation and conifer defense rates. Oikos, 56, 256 263.
11. Bjørnstad, O.N., Ims, R.A. Lambin, X 1999) Spatial population dynamics: analyzing patterns and processes of population synchrony. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 427 432.
12. Borden, J.H 1993) Uncertain fate of spot infestations of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus monticolae, Hopkins. Canadian Entomologist, 127, 167 169.
13. Borden, J.H., Chong, L.J., Pratt, K.E.G. Gray, D.R 1983) The application of behaviour-modifying chemicals to contain infestations of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. Forestry Chronicle, 59, 235 239.
14. Brook, B.W. Bradshaw, C.J.A 2006) Strength of evidence for density dependence in abundance time series of 1198 species. Ecology, 87, 1445 1451.
15. Canadian Forest Service 1942) Forest Insect and Disease Survey. Annual Report. Vernon Forest Insect Laboratory, Vernon, British Columbia.
16. Canadian Forest Service 1943) Forest Insect and Disease Survey. Annual Report. Vernon Forest Insect Laboratory, Vernon, British Columbia.
17. Chambers, J.M. Hastie, T.J 1992) Statistical Models in S. Chapman and Hall, New York, New York.
18. Cole, W.E 1981) Some risks and causes of mortality in mountain pine beetle populations: a long-term analysis. Researches in Population Ecology, 23, 116 144.
19. Dennis, B. Taper, M.L 1994) Density dependence in time series observations of natural populations: estimation and testing. Ecological Monographs, 64, 205 224.
20. Elkin, C.M. Reid, M.L 2005) Low energy reserves and energy allocation decisions affect reproduction by mountain pine beetles Dendroctonus ponderosae. Functional Ecology, 19, 102 109.
21. Furniss, M.M. Furniss, R.L 1972) Scolytids (Coleoptera) on snowfields above timberline in Oregon and Washington. Canadian Entomologist, 104, 1471 1478.
22. Gompertz, B 1825) On the nature of the function expressive of the law of human mortality, and on a new mode of determining the value of life contingencies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 115, 513 585.
23. Gries, G., Bowers, W.W., Gries, R., Noble, M. Borden, J.H 1990) Pheromone production by the pine engraver Ips pini following flight and starvation. Journal of Insect Physiology, 36, 819 824.
24. Hassell, M.P 2000) The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Host-Parasitoid Interactions. Oxford University Press, U.K.
25. Hassell, M.P., Comins, H.N. May, R.M 1976) Patterns of dynamical behavior in single species populations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 45, 471 486.
26. Hopping, G.R. Beall, G 1948) The relation of diameter of lodgepole pine to incidence of attack by the bark beetle Dendroctonus monticolae Hopkins. Forestry Chronicle, 24, 141 145.
27. Hopping, G.R. Mathers, W.G 1945) Observations on outbreaks and control of the mountain pine beetle in the lodgepole pine stands of Western Canada. Forestry Chronicle, 21, 98 108.
28. Insightful Corporation (2003) S-PLUS, version 6.2. Insightful Corporation, Seattle, Washington.
29. Ims, R.A. Andreassen, H.P 2000) Spatial synchronization of vole population dynamics by predatory birds. Nature, 408, 194 196.
30. Jacobson, A.R., Provenzale, A., von Hardenberg, A., Bassano, B. Festa-Bianchet, M 2004) Climate forcing and density dependence in a mountain ungulate population. Ecology, 85, 1598 1610.
31. Jonzén, N., Pople, A.R., Grigg, G.C. Possingham, H.P 2005) Of sheep and rain: large-scale population dynamics of the red kangaroo. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74, 22 30.
32. Knight, F.B. Yasinski, F.M 1956) Incidence of Trees Infested by the Black Hills Beetle. Research notes, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. No. 21, Fort Collins, Colorado.
33. Logan, J.A., White, P., Bentz, B.J. Powell, J.W 1997) Ecological insights gained from model analysis of mountain pine beetle outbreaks. First Biennial North American Forest Ecology Workshop, 1997, North Carolina St. University, Raleigh, NC (ed. by J. E. Cook and B. P. Oswald pp. 163 176. Forest Ecology Working Group, Society of American Foresters.
34. Logan, J.A., White, P., Bentz, B.J. Powell, J.W 1998) Model analysis of spatial patterns in mountain pine beetle outbreaks. Theoretical Population Biology, 53, 236 255.
35. Lombardero, M.J., Ayres, M.P., Lorio, P.L. Jr. Ruel, J.J 2000) Environmental effects on constitutive and inducible resin defences of Pinus taeda. Ecology Letters, 3, 329 339.
36. Lorio, P.L 1993) Environmental stress and whole-tree physiology. Beetle-Pathogen Interactions in Conifer Forests (ed. by T. D. Schowalter and G. M. Filip pp. 81 101. Academic Press, New York, New York.
37. May, R.M 1976) Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics. Nature, 261, 459 467.
38. Murdoch, W.W 1994) Population regulation in theory and practice. Ecology, 75, 271 287.
39. Murdoch, W.W., Briggs, C.L. Nisbet, R.M 2003) Consumer-Resource Dynamics. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.
40. Nicholson, A.J 1954) An outline of the dynamics of animal populations. Australian Journal of Zoology, 2, 9 65.
41. Økland, B. Bjørnstad, O.N 2006) A resource-depletion model of forest insect outbreaks. Ecology, 87, 283 290.
42. Pinheiro, J.C. Bates, D.M 2000) Mixed-Effects Models in S and S-Plus. Springer, New York, New York.
43. Powell, J.M 1969) Historical Study of the Relation of Major Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in Western Canada to Seasonal Weather. Information Report A-X-23. Forest Research Laboratory, Calgary.
44. Raffa, K.F. Berryman, A.A 1983) The role of host plant resistance in the colonization behavior and ecology of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Ecological Monographs, 53, 27 49.
45. Raffa, K.F. Berryman, A.A 1986) A mechanistic computer model of mountain pine beetle populations interacting with lodgepole pine stand and its implications for forest managers. Forest Science, 32, 789 805.
46. Ray, C. Hastings, A 1996) Density dependence, are we searching at the wrong scale? Journal of Animal Ecology, 65, 556 566.
47. Reid, R.W 1962) Biology of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus monticolae, Hopkins, in the East Kootenay Region of British Columbia I. Life cycle, brood development, and flight periods. Canadian Entomologist, 94, 531 538.
48. Reid, R.W 1963) Biology of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus monticolae, Hopkins, in the East Kootenay Region of British Columbia III. Interaction between the beetle and its host, with emphasis on brood mortality. Canadian Entomologist, 95, 225 238.
49. Roberts, D.W 1987) A dynamics systems perspective on vegetation theory. Vegetatio, 69, 27 33.
50. Robertson, C., Nelson, T.A. Boots, B 2007) Mountain pine beetle dispersal: spatial-temporal interaction of infestations. Forest Science, 53, 395 405.
51. Royama, T 1992) Analytical Population Dynamics. Chapman and Hall, U.K.
52. Safranyik, L 1978) Effects of climate and weather on mountain pine beetle populations. Theory and Practice of Mountain Pine Beetle Management in Lodgepole Pine Forests ed. by D. L. Kibbee, A. A. Berryman, G. D. Amman and R.W. Stark pp. 77 84. Symposium Proceedings, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
53. Safranyik, L 1988) Estimating attack and brood totals and densities of the mountain pine beetle in individual lodgepole pine trees. Canadian Entomologist, 120, 323 331.
54. Safranyik, L. Carroll, A.L 2006) The biology and epidemiology of the mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine forests. The Mountain Pine Beetle. A Synthesis of Biology, Management, and Impacts on Lodgepole Pine (ed. by L. Safranyik and B. Willson pp. 3 66. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia.
55. Safranyik, L. Linton, D.A 1991) Unseasonably low fall and winter temperatures affecting mountain pine beetle and pine engraver beetle populations and damage in the British Columbia Chilcotin region. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 88, 17 21.
56. Safranyik, L. Linton, D.A 1998) Mortality of mountain pine beetle larvae, Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in logs of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) at constant low temperatures. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 95, 81 87.
57. Safranyik, L. Wilson, A.L 2006) The Mountain Pine Beetle. A Synthesis of Biology, Management, and Impacts on Lodgepole. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia.
58. Safranyik, L., Linton, D.A., Silversides, R. McMullen, L.H 1992) Dispersal of released mountain pine beetles under the canopy of a mature lodgepole pine stand. Journal of Applied Entomology, 113, 441 450.
59. Sibly, R.M., Barker, D., Denham, M.C., Hone, J. Pagel, M 2005) On the regulation of populations of mammals, birds, fish and insects. Science, 309, 607 610.
60. Sinclair, A.R.E. Krebs, C.J 2002) Complex numerical responses to top-down and bottom-up processes in vertebrate populations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 357, 1221 1231.
61. Swaine, J.M 1925) The factors determining the distribution of North American bark-beetles. Canadian Entomologist, 57, 261 266.
62. Tanner, J.T 1975) The stability and intrinsic growth rates of prey and predator populations. Ecology, 56, 855 867.
63. Taylor, S.W., Carroll, A.L., Alfaro, R.I. Safranyik, L 2006) Forest, climate and mountain pine beetle outbreak dynamics in Western Canada. The Mountain Pine Beetle. A Synthesis of Biology, Management, and Impacts on Lodgepole Pine (ed. by L. Safranyik and B. Willson pp. 67 94. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia.
64. Thomson, A.J. Shrimpton, D.M 1984) Weather associated with the start of mountain pine beetle outbreaks. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 14, 255 258.
65. Tunnock, S 1970) A chronic infestation of mountain pine beetles in lodgepole pine in Glacier National Park, Montana. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 67, 23.
66. Turchin, P 1995). Population regulation: old arguments and new synthesis. Population Dynamics (ed. by N. Cappuccino and P. Price pp. 19 40. Academic Press, New York, New York.
67. Turchin, P 1999) Population regulation: a synthetic review. Oikos, 84, 153 159.
68. Turchin, P 2003) Complex Population Dynamics. A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.
69. Vasseur, D.A. McCann, K.S 2005) A mechanistic framework for modeling temperature-dependent consumer-resource dynamics. American Naturalist, 166, 184 198.
70. Wagner, W.L., Wilson, B., Peter, B., Wang, S. Stennes, B 2006) Economics in the management of mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine in British Columbia: a synthesis. The Mountain Pine Beetle. A Synthesis of Biology, Management, and Impacts on Lodgepole Pine (ed. by L. Safranyik and B. Willson pp. 277 300. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia.
71. Williams, D.W. Liebhold, A.M 2000) Spatial scale and the detection of density dependence in spruce budworm outbreaks in eastern North America. Oecologia, 124, 544 552.