Sentences with phrase «beetle infestation»

Canfor Corp. and West Fraser Timber have also been constrained by the mountain pine beetle infestation in B.C. and environmental challenges in Quebec.

GIS analysis of where tree mortality and bark beetle infestations occurred in western Montana showed that approximately 94 % of the mortality area on site I and 65 % of the mortality area on site II co-occurred with high clay soils (> 20 % clay content).

Not so, according to a field study led by CU - Boulder researchers, who found that higher levels of spruce beetle infestation did not lead to more ecologically severe fires.

Insectivorous species including yellow warblers cut damaging borer - beetle infestation by half in Costa Rica

If we are going to build sustainably, we have to use more wood and less concrete, especially in Canada where we have so much if it under threat from beetle infestations.

The US Forest Service announced in June 2016 that 66 million trees have died since 2010 due to pine beetle infestation linked to years of drought and warmer temperatures.

«We were interested in the ecological effects of the interaction between these two disturbances and determining whether more trees were killed by fire in areas of higher beetle infestation.»

Contrary to expectations that spruce beetle infestations increase the severity of wildfires in southwestern Colorado, a new study led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers has found that this native insect may not be to blame after all.

Taking into account the «diverse pathways» that influence perceptions could help forestry officials better engage the public in tackling beetle infestations, and not just in Alaska.

Forests are dying because of new beetle infestations over gigantic areas.

The University of Wyoming removed a sculpture that links coal use to climate change and beetle infestations after it upset University donors, according to a New York Times article and Green Blog post.

A list of research on the effects of logging, fire suppression and natural cycles on beetle infestations can be found here.

And you may have heard of the Pine beetle infestation that devastated the largest pine forest in the world 10 years back in British Columbia.

Lodgepole pine trees on millions of acres in Colorado and Wyoming are dying and will oxidize on the forest floor unless otherwise used, victims of a pine beetle infestation exacerbated by warming global temperatures.

Tree rings do not accumulate when the tree dies due to drought, or after shifts in timing of first / last frost, or if bark beetle infestations surge, due to milder deep frost in winter (as is absolutely true across millions of evergreen forest acreage in the US West and Alaska).

Mind you, I was * looking hard * for beetle - killed trees, and I didn't see any obvious evidence of major bark - beetle infestations then.

I appreciate your knowledge about the evils of fire suppression, but don't agree that the current beetle infestation may not be unique or at least highly unusual.

In this June 6, 2016 file photo, Division Chief Jim McDougald of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection holds a piece of tree bark showing burrowing marks from a bark beetle infestation near Cressman, Calif..

White pines are the dominant conifer, but is there any evidence of lower risk from pine beetle infestations in forests that are half (or more) mixed deciduous?

«Due to climate warming, we could be looking at their food resource declining over the next 100 years — or sooner if there's a catastrophic forest fire or a major bark beetle infestation.

The lack of correlation between spruce beetle infestation and severe fire damage suggests that factors such as topography and weather conditions play a larger role in determining the severity of Colorado's subalpine wildfires.

For the study, researchers focused on southern pine beetle infestations in the New Jersey Pinelands, a forested area that spans the southern and central portions of the state.

He referred, as he has previously, to the town's removing trees on private property to combat pine - beetle infestation.

Major forest die - offs due to drought, heat and beetle infestations or deforestation could have consequences far beyond the local landscape.

The new study focused on two areas that are now losing trees: western North America, which is suffering from drought, heat and beetle infestations that span from the southwestern U.S. to Alaska, and the Amazon rainforest, which has been subject to decades of intense human development.

The researchers found that southern pine beetle infestations in both wetland and upland areas were far more likely to occur in pure conifer stands than mixed stands of oak and pine.

Five consecutive years of severe drought in California, a dramatic rise in bark beetle infestation and warmer temperatures are leading to these historic levels of tree die - off.

They found that beetle - eating birds were most common at sites with lots of stretches of forest nearby, and that beetle infestations were slightly more severe at sites that were not surrounded by abundant forest.

Karp responds that the relationship between forest coverage and beetle infestation is statistically significant and that another team working in Costa Rica reported a similar effect last year.

But she said many factors, including human population growth, drought, wildfires and beetle infestations, «could possibly be contributing to changes in wildlife numbers.»

The birds» activity could become even more valuable if the beetle infestation worsens.

«The pine beetle infestation is the first major climate change crisis in Canada» notes Doug McArthur, a professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

Interior Design writes about wood harvested after a pine beetle infestation, with its distinctive blue striping that comes from a fungus that accompanies the beetle.

Your bark beetle infestation should be treated according to your political beliefs; and I'm being serious here.

A good portion of the wood for the cabinets and bathroom was rescued from demolition sites around Denver, while the ceiling's wood comes from trees cut by fire mitigation crews fighting the pine beetle infestation in Colorado's forests.

The mountain pine beetle infestation that's killing off all the lodgepole pine trees in B.C. is due to the Winters no longer getting cold enough to kill the beetles off.

In eastern Oregon, large mountain areas have been hit by mountain pine beetle infestations, wildfires, or both, causing widespread shifts in forest ecosystems.

The idea behind the sculpture that appeared on the University of Wyoming campus about 16 months ago was simple but provocative: a swirl of dead wood and lumps of coal, intended to show the link between global warming and the pine beetle infestation that has ravaged forests across the Rockies.

In his quote, Schnorbus discusses his research (Schnorbus et al., 2010), in which he has found a link between the beetle infestations, forest harvesting and runoff.

The article explores the climate - exacerbated impacts of pine beetle infestation and forest harvesting on the Fraser River.

The mountain pine beetle infestation, resulting from warming winters, has devastated the province's interior forest industry, closing mills and costing thousands of jobs.

Major forest die - offs due to drought, heat and beetle infestations or deforestation could have consequences far beyond the local landscape.

Weakened, the needle - covered trees are unable to secrete the sticky resin to fight off bark beetle infestations.

Central California is especially vulnerable to wildfires due to a severe pine beetle infestation that, along with ongoing drought, has brought a high level of plant mortality to many areas in the region.