Mountain Pine Beetles and Forest Destruction : Effects, Responses, and Relationship to Climate Change.

Provides background on mountain pine beetles and their impact on forests, including relationship to global climate change. Reviews short- and long-term responses to mountain pine beetle epidemics, and considers ecological and economic consequences of epidemics.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Entomology. Forests and forestry. Climatic changes. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Provides background on mountain pine beetles and their impact on forests, including relationship to global climate change. Reviews short- and long-term responses to mountain pine beetle epidemics, and considers ecological and economic consequences of epidemics.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.