Connecting phenological predictions with population growth rates for mountain pine beetle,an outbreak insect |
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Authors: | James A Powell Barbara J Bentz |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-3900, USA;(2) USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Logan, UT 84321, USA |
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Abstract: | It is expected that a significant impact of global warming will be disruption of phenology as environmental cues become disassociated
from their selective impacts. However there are few, if any, models directly connecting phenology with population growth rates.
In this paper we discuss connecting a distributional model describing mountain pine beetle phenology with a model of population
success measured using annual growth rates derived from aerially detected counts of infested trees. This model bridges the
gap between phenology predictions and population viability/growth rates for mountain pine beetle. The model is parameterized
and compared with 8 years of data from a recent outbreak in central Idaho, and is driven using measured tree phloem temperatures
from north and south bole aspects and cumulative forest area impacted. A model driven by observed south-side phloem temperatures
and that includes a correction for forest area previously infested and killed is most predictive and generates realistic parameter
values of mountain pine beetle fecundity and population growth. Given that observed phloem temperatures are not always available,
we explore a variety of methods for using daily maximum and minimum ambient temperatures in model predictions. |
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Keywords: | Mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae Growth rate prediction Phenology Temperature change Insect outbreak |
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