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Chapter and Conference Paper
Growth Differentiation-Balance Relationships in Pines Affect Their Resistance to Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
How trees defend themselves against attack by bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) is poorly understood. Because of this, there are diverse theories on the mechanisms of defense. Whatever the specific mechani...
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Chapter
Predictions of Southern Pine Beetle Populations Using a Forest Ecosystem Model
Dendroctonus frontalis Zirnm. (southern pine beetle (SPB)) has caused over $900 million in damage to pines in the southern United States between 1960 and 1990 (Price et al., 1992). The damage of ...
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Chapter
Environmental Effects on Pine Tree Carbon Budgets and Resistance to Bark Beetles
Pine trees are a dominant component of primary production in natural and man- aged ecosystems throughout the southeastern United States. Because of the economic importance of pines in the Southeast, the southe...