Insect Outbreaks
Miller A and Sherrif R. 2011. Insect Outbreaks
High latitude forests periodically experience widespread mortality and/or loss of canopy cover due to insects and disease. Variation in climate and/or changing land use practices (e.g., forest harvest) may affect the population dynamics of forest pests, as well as the resistance of host trees. These dieback events, in turn, may result in broad-scale changes in forest structure and composition, and in concomitant changes in understory species composition.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Miller, Amy; Sherrif, Rosemary
- Date of Issue
- 2011-10
- Units
- KATM , LACL , SWAN
- Keywords
- forest disease, Insects, Spruce Beetle
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex