INFECTIOUS DISEASE, BARK BEETLES, AND WILDLAND FIRE IMPACTS ON SOUTHERN SIERRA WHITE PINES
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
Publication Date
Winter 1-2021
Issue
1
Volume
102
Abstract
Invasive pathogens, bark beetles, and wildland fire can have major impacts on tree populations. To characterize the long-term patterns of these three mortality agents on white pines located in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, we surveyed 152 long-term monitoring plots that were first surveyed 20 years earlier. Though white pine blister rust infections decreased from 5.3% to 4.2%, it was recorded in whitebark pine for the first time. Mountain pine beetle (MPB) attacks were highest in sugar pines and decreased at higher elevations. Blister rust, fire, and MPB all contributed to major declines in sugar pine (35% of the population was lost in 20 years).
Recommended Citation
Dudney, Joan, "INFECTIOUS DISEASE, BARK BEETLES, AND WILDLAND FIRE IMPACTS ON SOUTHERN SIERRA WHITE PINES" (2021). The Bark Beetles, Fuels, and Fire Bibliography. Paper 479.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/barkbeetles/479