fRI Research implemented a Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program in 2007 to carry out research on the beetles biology, its effect on the landscape, and the effectiveness of various management strategies.
Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program
The program carries out focused research on infestations of mountain pine beetle in Alberta.
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Assessing Community Resilience to Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in Alberta
A collaboration between the Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program and the University of British Columbia.
Impacts of mountain pine beetle on hydrology and vegetative redevelopment in lodgepole pine forests of west-central Alberta: Phase II - Ecological responses in the grey attack stage
This project will examine hydrological and vegetation responses in the grey attack stage.Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program Request for Expressions of Interest for Research
The program has identified 7 topics that it will support and is seeking researchers with ideas and interest, due February 6.
Save the Date: 2020 MPB Research Forum
April 22, 23. Stay tuned for the agenda and registration info.
Launching LandWeb
A suite of models and a breakthrough platform that integrates many scientific fields will solve some of the hard, multi-way interactions of landscape ecology.
Larger Resin Ducts Are Linked to the Survival of Lodgepole Pine Trees During Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak
Paper from the Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program.
Cold tolerance of mountain pine beetle: impact on population dynamics and spread in Canada
2-page briefing note from the Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program
Caribou and Grizzly Bears Response to Pine Forests Killed by Mountain Pine Beetle | QuickNote #2
2-page summary of the first year of a project from the Caribou, Grizzly Bear, and Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program.
Alex Chubaty
Collaborator
Keith McClain
Program Lead
Axel Anderson
Program Lead
Dick Dempster
Collaborator
Sharon Meredith
Program Lead
Fran Hanington
Core Staff
Featured in this program
Event Program: 2016 MPB and Stand Rehabilitation Research Forum and Field Tour
May. 20, 2016
- agenda & meeting material
