Sentences with phrase «as whitebark»
However, this will be a factor only if the insect is still able to enter the winter in its cold - hardy stage; this may be occurring in high - elevation forest types such as whitebark and limber pine.
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«We as a society need to reduce emissions or these refugia are just going to become hospices for whitebark pine,» she said.
«In the past, low years for whitebark pine cones have led to six times more conflicts between grizzlies and humans, as hungry bears look for food in campgrounds,» says Crone.
If blister rust can be regarded as a steadily, if slow - moving, disaster for whitebark pine, the relatively dramatic and sudden attack of mountain pine beetles can be regarded as a biological firestorm, fueled by global warming, experts at a recent workshop sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council said.
As the fungal disease spreads south and east, it leaves behind «ghost» forests, Tomback said - stands of dead whitebark pine and mortality rates of 90 percent or higher.