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.
Read more about the program
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.
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.
Save the Date: 2018 Forest Forum April 24–25
The annual mountain pine beetle information forum will be held April 24 and 25 at the University of Alberta.
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.
Beyond Beetle: Facilitated Lodgepole Pine Regeneration after MPB Attack
2-page briefing note from the Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program
"Pine-ing" for cover: caribou & grizzly bear response to mountain pine beetle infestation in west-central Alberta | Poster
Poster presentation from the Caribou Program for ACTWS 2019.
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
