Forest, climate and mountain pine beetle outbreak dynamics in Western Canada.

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Ecological consequences of mountain pine beetle outbreaks for wildlife in western North American forests (2014, background): “After decades of fire suppression and even-aged management of forests followed by climate warming, elevated tree densities in many forests have increased the likelihood and size of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) (MPB) outbreaks (Taylor et al. 2006).”
Radar observation and aerial capture of mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopk. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in flight above the forest canopy (2008, background): “A substantial shift in climatically suitable habitats for mountain pine beetle has been observed in the past decade, and this shift in climatic suitability has been followed by an expansion of populations northward and toward higher elevations (Carroll et al. 2004; Taylor et al. 2006).”
Breach of the northern Rocky Mountain geoclimatic barrier: initiation of range expansion by the mountain pine beetle (2012, background): “A ‘perfect storm’ was created when this landscape intersected with a trend of increasing winter temperatures that permitted increased overwinter survival of larval life stages (Taylor et al., 2006; Safranyik et al., 2010).”