The implications of climate change on the range expansion of the mountain pine beetle, Dedroctonus ponderosae across the Canadian boreal forest

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The implications of climate change on the range expansion of the mountain pine beetle, Dedroctonus ponderosae across the Canadian boreal forest van der Merwe, Daniel

Abstract

As climate change increases, habitat previously unsuitable for the mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae, is beginning to warm resulting in range expansion opportunities. Global climate change models predict that the MPB range will expand eastward from British Columbia, Canada into the Canadian boreal forest. With current scientific evidence available to verify its recent exploitation of jack pine as a viable host, this paper will address the possibility of the boreal forest to sustain endemic populations, enabling the beetle to move through the prairies into the vast pine stands of Ontario and Quebec.

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Title	The implications of climate change on the range expansion of the mountain pine beetle, Dedroctonus ponderosae across the Canadian boreal forest
Creator	van der Merwe, Daniel
Date Issued	2015-04-23
Description	As climate change increases, habitat previously unsuitable for the mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae, is beginning to warm resulting in range expansion opportunities. Global climate change models predict that the MPB range will expand eastward from British Columbia, Canada into the Canadian boreal forest. With current scientific evidence available to verify its recent exploitation of jack pine as a viable host, this paper will address the possibility of the boreal forest to sustain endemic populations, enabling the beetle to move through the prairies into the vast pine stands of Ontario and Quebec.
Genre	Graduating Project
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. FRST 497
Date Available	2015-07-29
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0075591
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54214
Affiliation	Forestry, Faculty of
Campus	UBCV
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Undergraduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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