Getting at the root of the mountain pine beetle's rapid habitat expansion and forest

Getting at the root of the mountain pine beetle's rapid habitat expansion and forest
Oxford, UK (SPX) Apr 30, 2014 - The mountain pine beetle has wreaked havoc in North America, across forests from the American Southwest to British Columbia and Alberta, with the potential to spread all the way to the Atlantic coast. Millions of acres of forest have been lost, with severe economic and ecological impacts from a beetle outbreak ten times larger than previous outbreaks. Because of its importance and impact o ... more

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