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Spatial genetic structure of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak in western Canada: historical patterns and contemporary dispersal.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2012
Gayathri Samarasekera G D N, Bartell Nicholas V, Lindgren B Staffan, Cooke Janice E K, Davis Corey S, James Patrick M A, Coltman David W, Mock Karen E, Murray Brent W
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Environmental change has a wide range of ecological consequences, including species extinction and range expansion. Many studies have shown that insect species respond rapidly to climatic change. A mountain pine beetle epidemic of record size in North America has led to unprecedented mortality of lodgepole pine, and a significant range expansion to the northeast of its historic range. Our goal was to determine...
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