Mountain pine beetle develops an unprecedented summer generation in response to climate warming

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Mitton, Jeffry B ^a   Ferrenberg, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle epidemic; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Global climate change; Life history change

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EPIDEMIC; GENERATION TIME; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PARASITOLOGY; PINE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLORADO; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PINUS; TEMPERATURE;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84859724695     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665007     Document Type: Article

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