Spatial associations between infestations of mountain pine beetle and landscape features in the Peace River Region of British Columbia.

• Other Authors: de la Giroday, Honey-Marie C. (Author), Aukema, Brian (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Northern British Columbia 2010
• Subjects: Mountain pine beetle > British Columbia > Peace River Region; Forest ecology > British Columbia > Peace River Region; Landscape assessment > British Columbia > Peace River Region; Forest landscape design > British Columbia > Peace River Region; SB945.M78 D4 2009; British Columbia; Canada; Peace River
• Online Access: https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc:16048/datastream/PDF/download; https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16048; https://doi.org/10.24124/2010/bpgub656

An immense outbreak of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, currently covers a cumulative area of 14.5 million hectares of mature pine forests across the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. In 2004, the first outbreaking populations of mountain pine beetle were o...