Mountain pine beetle Voltinism and life history characteristics across latitudinal and elevational gradients in the western United States

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 434-449

  Bentz, Barbara ^a   Vandygriff, James ^b   Jensen, Camille ^c   Coleman, Tom ^d   Maloney, Patricia ^c   Smith, Sheri ^d   Grady, Amanda ^d   Schen Langenheim, Greta ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Climate change; Countergradient variation; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENES;

BARK BEETLE; COUNTERGRADIENT; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; ELEVATIONAL GRADIENTS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PHENOLOGY; THERMAL REQUIREMENTS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; GENES; INSECTS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84902326074     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.13-056     Document Type: Article

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