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Research Papers

An extensive list of publications can be found at http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/lib_MPB.htm

Amman, Gene D. 1978. Biology, ecology, and causes of outbreaks of the mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine forests. In: Berryman, Alan A.; Amman, Gene D.; Stark, Ronald W., eds. Proceedings: Theory and practice of mountain pine beetle management in lodgpole pine forests; 1978 April 25-27; Pullman, WA. University of Idaho; Forest, Wildlife and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, ID: 39-53.

Amman, G. D.; Logan, J. A. 1998.  Silvicultural control of the mountain pine beetle: prescriptions and the influence of microclimate.  Am. Entomol. 44: 166-177.

Amman, Gene D.; Cole, Walter E. 1983 Mountain Pine Beetle Dynamics in Lodgepole Pine Forests Part II: Population Dynamics GTR-INT-145. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.

Amman, Gene D.; McGregor, Mark D.; Cahill, Donn B.; Klein, William H. 1977. Guidelines for reducing losses of lodgepole pine to the mountain pine beetle in unmanaged stands in the Rocky Mountains. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-36. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.

Bentz, B.; Lister, C. K.; Schmid, J. M.; Mata, S. A.; Rasmussen, L. A.; Haneman, D. 1989. Does verbenone reduce mountain pine beetle attacks in susceptible stands of ponderosa pine? Res. Note. RM-495. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.

Bentz, B.J., Kegley, S., Gibson, K., Their, R.  2005. A Test of High-Dose Verbenone for Stand-Level Protection of Lodgepole and Whitebark Pine from Mountain Pine Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Attacks.  J. Econ. Entomol. 98(5): 1614-1621.

Cole, Walter E.; Amman, Gene D. 1980. Mountain Pine Beetle Dynamics in Lodgepole Pine Forests Part I: Course of an Infestation GTR-INT-89. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.

McGregor, Mark D.; Amman, Gene D.; Schmitz, Richard F.; Oakes, Robert D. 1987. Partial cutting lodgepole pine stands to reduce losses to the mountain pine beetle. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 17: 1234-1239.

McGregor, Mark K.; Cole, Dennis M. (editors) 1985. Integrating management strategiesfor the mountain pine beetle with multiple-resource management of lodgepole pine forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-174. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT: 1-68.

Régnière, J., B.J. Bentz. 2007. Modeling cold tolerance in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. Journal of Insect Physiology 53: 559–572.

Samman, S., J. Logan, B. Bentz, J. Chew, M. Downing, T. Eager, K. Gibson, D. Leatherman, L. Livingston, S. Munson, B. Short, W. Sorenson. 2000. Assessment and response to bark beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountain Area: Report to Congress from Forest Health Protection Washington Office, Forest Service, USDA. General Technical Report, RMRS-GTR-62.