Bark Beetles in North American Conifers - 9780292707443

Bark Beetles in North American ConifersA System for the Study of Evolutionary Biology\nAuthor(s): Jeffry B. Mitton, Kareen B. Sturgeon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292707443, 978-0292707443\nSynopsis\nBecause they prey upon a wide variety of conifers, bark beetles have a major impact upon western forests. In most of the western states, for example, we have witnessed bark beetles in epidemic outbreaks, attacking and damaging ponderosa pine, limber pine, and other hosts.\n\nThe ecosystem of bark beetle and host tree is a highly coevolved community of organisms in which the evolution of one member of the community significantly influences the evolution of the other. Largely because of the enormous economic impact these insects exert on the management of our forests, few other such communities have been studied so extensively. Bark Beetles in North American Conifers brings together in one volume .