Sentences with phrase «by lodgepole»

In a second postdoc with Sally Aitken at the University of British Columbia, I studied the genetic architecture of adaptation to climate by lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) and interior spruce (Picea glauca, P. engelmannii, and their hybrids) with the AdapTree project.

Subalpine forests, dominated by Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir species or by lodgepole pine mixed with limber pine or whitebark pine in drier sites

Not exact matches

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The South Hills crossbill, potentially a newly discovered species of finch, has evolved over the past 6,000 years with a unique dependence on its food source, the Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine, in a coevolutionary arms race that also changed the tree, according to a genomic study led by Tom Parchman, a biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno.

There are approximately 23 million acres (9.3 million ha) of forested land in Montana, and most are publicly owned, in the western part of the state and dominated by Douglas - fir, lodgepole pine, and ponderosa pine (Figure V).

installation view showing «Medicine Wheel (There Is No Hercules)» in foreground, 1985, acrylic on canvas and lodgepole pine, 92» x 68» x 44» (Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, photo by Dave Brown, LCR Photo Services, University of Calgary)

«A weaker defense system may also be why we are seeing a strong preference now by the beetle for whitebark pine over lodgepole pine, which has long been its preferred host.»

Some of the fire scars stood adjacent to stands of lodgepole pine destroyed by beetles.

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.

Research published by Veblen and Clark University's Dominik Kulakowski in 2015 found that «the best available science indicates that outbreaks of bark beetles do not increase the risk of high - severity fires in lodgepole pine and spruce - fir forests of the Rocky Mountains.»

A 2011 study led by Martin Simard of the University of Wisconsin looked at lodgepole pine forests in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which encompasses parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, and found that when it comes to beetles and fire, «contrary to conventional wisdom, the interaction was a negative feedback in which the probability of active crown fire appeared to be reduced.»

According to a B.C. Ministry of Forests report, roughly half of the province's pine trees are now destroyed by the bug, with the most extensive damage occurring in the central Canadian Rockies, where two - thirds of the region's lodgepole pine forests have been transformed into a sea of orange needles.

The secluded scenery, enveloped by 140,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land, is spectacularly punctuated by fir, lodgepole pine and spruce forests, taking in exclusive vistas of some of the uppermost summits in the Rockies, including Castle Peak, Gore Range and Mount of the Holy Cross.

You'll know a Lodgepole by its bushy appearance, long green needles and branches that point upwards, not to mention its strong pine scent.