Ecological Archives A022-102-A5
Arjan J. H. Meddens, Jeffrey A. Hicke, and Charles A. Ferguson. 2012. Spatiotemporal patterns of observed bark beetle-caused tree mortality in British Columbia and the western United States. Ecological Applications 22:1876–1891. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1785.1
Appendix F (Table F1). Number of killed trees, mortality area, and percentage of total killed trees by bark beetle species and host type and summed from 1997 through 2010 (U.S. only).
Bark beetle | Host type | No. killed trees |
Mortality area (ha) |
Total mortality area (%) |
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Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Upper | ||
mountain pine beetle |
lodgepole pine | 184,956,145 | 3,869,282,562 | 160,541 | 2,858,860 | 53.19 |
ponderosa pine | 9,915,720 | 135,250,424 | 16,638 | 213,299 | 3.97 | |
whitebark pine | 10,582,398 | 144,343,908 | 12,159 | 158,714 | 2.95 | |
no data | 4,585,220 | 62,542,407 | 7,272 | 88,827 | 1.65 | |
limber pine | 2,734,503 | 37,298,627 | 3,681 | 49,091 | 0.91 | |
bristlecone pine | 289,590 | 3,950,011 | 663 | 8,048 | 0.15 | |
western white pine | 337,830 | 4,607,996 | 629 | 7,634 | 0.14 | |
Total | 213,401,407 | 4,257,275,934 | 201,582 | 3,384,471 | 62.97 | |
piñon ips | common piñon | 94,126,730 | 352,033,969 | 129,240 | 448,544 | 8.35 |
singleleaf piñon | 6,455,108 | 24,142,102 | 7,578 | 28,333 | 0.53 | |
Total | 100,581,837 | 376,176,071 | 136,818 | 476,877 | 8.87 | |
Douglas-fir beetle |
Douglas-fir | 9,205,130 | 125,557,972 | 22,350 | 298,572 | 5.56 |
no data | 233,581 | 3,186,050 | 370 | 5,032 | 0.09 | |
Total | 9,438,711 | 128,744,022 | 22,721 | 303,604 | 5.65 | |
unspecified bark beetle |
no data | 9,378,543 | 127,923,324 | 14,874 | 191,191 | 3.56 |
ponderosa pine | 940,872 | 12,833,494 | 2,138 | 27,920 | 0.52 | |
white fir | 1,229,813 | 16,774,646 | 2,064 | 26,035 | 0.48 | |
California red fir | 1,215,466 | 16,578,957 | 1,884 | 25,282 | 0.47 | |
softwoods | 1,114,024 | 15,195,286 | 1,779 | 21,239 | 0.40 | |
Total | 13,878,717 | 189,305,707 | 22,739 | 291,667 | 5.43 | |
western balsam bark beetle |
subalpine fir | 21,510,103 | 293,397,805 | 18,111 | 243,114 | 4.52 |
no data | 595,603 | 8,124,018 | 600 | 8,189 | 0.15 | |
Total | 22,105,706 | 301,521,823 | 18,712 | 251,303 | 4.68 | |
fir engraver | fir species | 6,739,476 | 91,926,452 | 7,811 | 105,098 | 1.96 |
white fir | 4,886,316 | 66,649,348 | 7,803 | 93,895 | 1.75 | |
no data | 770,066 | 10,503,706 | 1,750 | 21,261 | 0.40 | |
California red fir | 868,391 | 11,844,847 | 1,377 | 17,814 | 0.33 | |
Total | 13,264,249 | 180,924,353 | 18,741 | 238,068 | 4.43 | |
ips engraver beetles |
ponderosa pine | 16,702,290 | 227,819,233 | 28,026 | 187,041 | 3.48 |
no data | 226,700 | 3,092,193 | 360 | 3,815 | 0.07 | |
Total | 16,928,990 | 230,911,425 | 28,386 | 190,856 | 3.55 | |
spruce beetle | Engelmann spruce | 6,259,134 | 85,374,585 | 6,184 | 82,992 | 1.54 |
spruce species | 5,170,162 | 70,521,012 | 5,108 | 60,902 | 1.13 | |
no data | 266,468 | 3,634,617 | 423 | 5,760 | 0.11 | |
Total | 11,695,763 | 159,530,214 | 11,715 | 149,654 | 3.78 | |
western pine beetle |
ponderosa pine | 1,828,634 | 24,942,564 | 3,068 | 41,314 | 0.77 |
no data | 188,068 | 2,565,242 | 298 | 4,052 | 0.08 | |
Total | 2,016,701 | 27,507,805 | 3,367 | 45,367 | 0.84 | |
pine engraver | ponderosa pine | 810,031 | 11,048,823 | 1,359 | 18,427 | 0.34 |
Jeffrey pine beetle |
Jeffrey pine | 366,335 | 4,996,812 | 1,561 | 17,557 | 0.33 |
true fir bark beetle |
white fir | 213,518 | 2,912,381 | 341 | 4,600 | 0.09 |
roundheaded pine beetle |
ponderosa pine | 101,090 | 1,378,863 | 170 | 2,314 | 0.04 |
Total | 404,803,056 | 5,872,234,233 | 468,211 | 5,374,765 | 100.00 |