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Connecting phenological predictions with population growth rates for mountain pine beetle, an outbreak insect
- Abstract::
- It is expected that a significant impact of global warming will be disruption of phenology as environmental cues become disassociated from their selective impacts. However there are few, if any, models directly connecting phenology with population growth rates. In this paper we discuss connecting a distributional model describing mountain pine beetle phenology with a model of population success measured using annual growth rates derived from aerially detected counts of infested trees. This model bridges the gap between phenology predictions and population viability/growth rates for mountain pine beetle. The model is parameterized and compared with 8 years of data from a recent outbreak in central Idaho, and is driven using measured tree phloem temperatures from north and south bole aspects and cumulative forest area impacted. A model driven by observed south-side phloem temperatures and that includes a correction for forest area previously infested and killed is most predictive and generates realistic parameter values of mountain pine beetle fecundity and population growth. Given that observed phloem temperatures are not always available, we explore a variety of methods for using daily maximum and minimum ambient temperatures in model predictions.
- Author(s):
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Powell, James A. , Bentz, Barbara J.
- Subject(s):
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Dendroctonus ponderosae , bark beetles , phenology , population growth , mathematical models , prediction , host plants , forest trees , Pinus contorta var. latifolia , phloem , temperature , ambient temperature , Idaho
- Description:
- Includes references
- Source:
- Landscape ecology 2009 May, v. 24, no. 5
- Language:
- English
- Year:
- 2009
- Publisher:
- Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
- Collection:
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Journal Articles, USDA Authors, Peer-Reviewed
- File:
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Download [PDF]
- Rights:
- Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.
