Mountain pine beetle
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The mountain pine beetle is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately
A lodgepole pine tree infested by the mountain pine beetle, with visible pitch tubes
Trees damaged by mountain pine beetles in Yellowstone National Park
A lodgepole pine tree with a pitch tube
Assisted migration is the movement of populations or species by humans from one territory to another in response to climate change. This is the definition offered in a nontechnical document published
Biomes of North America - CURRENT (Rehfeldt et al. 2012)
Biomes of North America - PROJECTED 2060 (Rehfeldt et al. 2012)
Three types of forestry assisted migration
Native bark beetles are now able to kill even the highest elevation trees (Engelmann spruce) in the national forests of Colorado. Photo June 2014, Wolf Creek Pass.