Vol. 6 (1982)
Yellowstone Np Report

Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation: Cycling and Succession in Lodgepole Pine Forest

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  • W. H. Romme,
  • J. B. Yavitt,
  • D. H. Knight,
  • J. Fedders
W. H. Romme
Fort Lewis College
J. B. Yavitt
University of Wyoming
D. H. Knight
University of Wyoming
J. Fedders
Eastern Kentucky University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13001/uwnpsrc.1982.2345

Published 1982-01-01

Abstract

A research project was initiated in 1980 to study the effects of outbreaks of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) on lodgepole pine forests (Pinus contorta spp. latifolia) in Yellowstone National Park and surrounding areas. This native bark beetle recently has killed millions of trees over thousands of square kilometers in the central and northern Rocky Mountains. Major outbreaks first occurred in Grand Teton National Park in the 1950's and in Yellowstone National Park in the 1960's. The outbreak in Yellowstone Park is still spreading.

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