Canadian Forest Service Publications

Source or sink stands - Can stand parameters be used to predict mountain pine beetle brood production with enough precision to be useful for assigning treatment priorities? 2009. Björklund, N.; Lindgren, B.S.; Shore, T.L.; Cudmore, T. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Mountain Pine Beetle Working Paper 2008-03. 12 p.

Year: 2009

Issued by: Pacific Forestry Centre

Catalog ID: 29266

Language: English

Series: Mountain Pine Beetle Working Paper (PFC - Victoria)

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Abstract

Stand-level planning of lodgepole pine management can benefit from the use of mountain pine beetle susceptibility-risk model analyses to assign treatment priority. Priority is currently assigned based solely on relative levels of expected volume loss in the event of a mountain pine beetle outbreak. We evaluated the possibility to predict the relative contribution of brood beetles, by infested stands, to the next beetle generation. Existing data were used to develop generalized parameters for inclusion in predictive models of stand-level mortality and brood production. Model output for independent stands achieved a highly significant relationship with measured outcomes of brood productivity, indicating that relative levels of brood production can be predicted and incorporated into decision-models.