For more information

Links

• Disturbance Ecology
• Forest Insect and Disease
• Fire Management

Books and periodicals

Amman, G.D., McGregor, M.D. and R.E. Dolph Jr. 2004. Mountain Pine Beetle. Forest Insect And Disease leaflet 2. US Department of Agriculture. 9pp.
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/mt_pine_beetle/mt_pine.htm.7/6/2004

Gadd, B. 1995. Handbook of the Canadian Rockies. Second Edition. Corax Press, Jasper, Alberta, Canada. 831 pp.

Furniss, M.M. and J.B. Johnson, 2002. Field Guide to the Bark Beetles of Idaho and Adjacent regions. Agricultrual Publications, University of Idaho. Moscow Idaho. 125 pp.

Schmidt-Nielsen1990. Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press. New York. 602 pp.

Paine, T.D., Raffa, K.F. and T.C. Harrington. 1997. Interactions Among Scolytid Bark Beetles, Their Associated Fungi, and Live Host Conifers. Annual Review of Entomology. 179-206.

Pearse, V., Pearse, J., Buchsbaum, M., and R. Buchsbaum.1987. Living Invertebrates. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston, Massachusetts and The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, California. 848 pp.

Wallace, R.L., Taylor, W.K. and J.R. Litton, Jr. 1989. Beck and Braithwaites Invertebrate Zoology: A laboratory manual. Macmillon Publishing Company. New York. 337pp.

Wilson, N. L. 2000. Preserving Ecological Processes: A Decision Support Document for Forest Insect and Disease Management in Jasper National Park. Masters Degree Project, University of Calgary. 156pp.

Websites

• Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Center mountain pine beetle website
  
  This is the Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Center mountain pine beetle website. It provides information on outbreak origins, historical activity, detection, planning tools & Decision Support Systems, Management Strategies & Tactics, Links & Resources and Contacts.
  
  
• Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative website of the Canadian Forest Service
  This is the Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative website of the Canadian Forest Service. Find news, updates, publications and access to funding information.
  
  
• British Columbia Natural Disturbance Database project
  Link to the British Columbia Natural Disturbance Database project for reports and publications, maps and data downloads, the top ten disturbance agents in BC and more.
  
  
• National Resources Canada portal page for Entomological research
  
  

Enchanted Learning:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/beetles/printouts.shtml

Foothills Model Forest:
http://www.fmf.ca

Alberta Sustainable Resource Development

British Columbia Ministry of Forests