Insect Outbreaks
Southwest Alaska Network. 2020. Insect Outbreaks. Southwest Alaska Network
Over the last quarter century, the spruce beetle and a suite of other insect pests have caused extensive damage in the forests of southcentral Alaska. Long-term forest monitoring and tree-ring studies are helping us to better understand the timing, frequency, and ecological effects of these outbreaks in the Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN) parks.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Southwest Alaska Network
- Date of Issue
- 2020-03
- Publisher
- Southwest Alaska Network
- Units
- KATM , LACL , SWAN
- Keywords
- defoliation, Dendroctonus rufipennis, Elatobium abietinum, Heterarthrus nemoratus, Profenusa thomsoni, spruce aphid, spruce beetle, vegetation
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Infestations and Disease | Insect Pests , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex