Impacts of mountain pine beetles on forest management and succession

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Date
2022Author
Codi G., Kovacs
Subject
Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)Forest management
Succession
Sustainability
Disturbance (forestry)
Biodiversity
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The mountain pine beetle has been an ongoing issue in large forest landscapes
for decades and has continued to create issues revolving around forest management and
succession. This thesis will go into depth on the intensity and devastation the mountain
pine beetle has caused in North American forests, and how different forest management
schemes are in the works on how to properly manage massive outbreaks of the mountain
pine beetle.
Findings of the mountain pine beetle traveling northeast and its attack on the jack
pine species have been causing concerns about adjustments to management strategies
and future successional trajectories.