Category: Insects
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Despite beetle outbreaks significantly altering forest structure and composition, lynx still occupy these subalpine forests and are reproducing.
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The red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens) is native to North America and attacks stressed, dying, or recently dead pine trees, especially fire-injured ponderosa pine. State and federal agencies use baited traps to detect, monitor, and manage populations of native and nonnative insect species. Trapping efforts are labor intensive, and the lures themselves can be relatively…