WWW USU Bark Beetle Site

2023 Publications

2022 Publications

Bentz, Barbara J.; Millar, Constance I.; Vandygriff, James C.; Hansen, Earl M. 2022. Great Basin bristlecone pine mortality: Causal factors and management implications. Forest Ecology and Management 509: 120099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120099

Runyon, Justin B.; Bentz, Barbara J.; Qubain, Claire A. 2022. Constitutive and induced defenses in long-lived pines do not trade off but are influenced by climate. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-022-01377-zinduced

2021 Publications

Bentz, Barbara J.; Hansen, E. Matthew; Vandygriff, James C.; Stephens, S. Sky; Soderberg, David. 2021. Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) is a confirmed host to mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Western North American Naturalist 81(1): 19-26. https://doi.org/10.3398/064.081.0102

Hlasny, T.; Zimova, S.; Bentz, B. 2021. Scientific response to intensifying bark beetle outbreaks in Europe and North America. Forest Ecology and Management 499: 119599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119599

Keen, R.M.; Voelker, S.L.; Wang, S.Y.S.; Bentz, B.J.; Goulden, M.L.; Dangerfield, C.R.; Reed, C.C.; Hood, S.M.; Csank, A.Z.; Dawson, T.E.; Merschel, A.G. 2021. Changes in tree drought sensitivity provided early warning signals to the California drought and forest mortality event. Global Change Biology 28:1119–1132. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15973

Soderberg, David N.; Kyre, Bethany; Bonello, Pierluigi; Bentz, Barbara J. 2021. Lignin concentrations in phloem and outer bark are not associated with resistance to mountain pine beetle among high elevation pines. Plos one 16(9):e0250395. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250395

2020 Publications

Keen, R.M.; Voelker, S.L.; Bentz, B.J.; Wand, S.; Ferrell, R. 2020. Stronger influence of growth rate than severity of drought stress on mortality of large ponderosa pines during the 2012-2015 California drought. Oecologia 194: 359-370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04771-0

Kyre, Bethany R.; Bentz, Barbara J.; Rieske, Lynne K. 2020. Susceptibility of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) to gene silencing through RNAi provides potential as a novel management tool. For. Ecol. Manag. 473: 118322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118322

Soderberg, David N.; Mock, Karen E.; Hofstetter, Richard W.; Bentz, Barbara J. 2020. Translocation experiment reveals capacity for mountain pine beetle persistence under climate warming. Ecological Monographs 00(00):e01437. 10.1002/ecm.1437 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1437

Forest and Woodland Ecosystems Science Program

Rocky Mountain Research Station and the USDA Forest Service