The southern pine beetle (SPB ... and the inner bark of pine trees. In natural conditions, infestations are generally restricted to damaged pines, for example, trees injured by fire, lightning ...

the western pine beetle is prevalent in this region. They chew away at bark and live within the phloem of ponderosa pines, the living tissue that transports nutrients. The infestation creates bark ...

Secondly, if you enjoy the outdoors, pine beetle attacks increases the likelihood of fires. Fallen trees block roads and block hiking paths through the woods. Even pine beetle attacks on pines in ...

Trees can use the increasing carbon in the air to grow and thus fix more ... and increased bark beetle populations (20%), the team had determined that 35% to 40% more ponderosa pines would die ...

Over the course of a year, a Clark’s nutcracker will cache thousands of seeds, many of which will go uneaten and become the next generation of whitebark pines. While it appears to be their favor ...

While the imidacloprid label says round headed borers, such as longhorn beetles, and flatheaded borers can be managed with this chemical, neither of these are likely to be pests of Austrian pines ...

Over the past 20 years, they have been dealing with the Bark Beetle and now a new problem, Pitch Canker, a fungal disease which is adding immense stress. The Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve is ...

A recent modeling study shows that bark beetle outbreaks in forests won't necessarily cause bigger and more damaging wildfires—at least not for awhile. The research could someday help fire ...