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Empire of the beetle : How human folly and a tiny bug are killing North America's great forests  Cover Image Book Book

Empire of the beetle : How human folly and a tiny bug are killing North America's great forests

Summary: Provides an in-depth look at the bark beetle epidemic that has plagued western North America, killing more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees from Alaska to New Mexico and how human error has contributed to the problem

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  • ISBN: 9781553655107 (sc.)
  • ISBN: 9781553655107 (tp)
  • ISBN: 1553655109
  • ISBN: 1553655109 (sc.)
  • ISBN: 9781553655107 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    230 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books : David Suzuki Foundation, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Co-published by the David Suzuki Foundation.
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218), Internet addresses and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The Alaska storm -- The beetle, the bus, and the carbon castle -- The lodgepole tsunami -- The war against the insect enemy -- The wake of the beetle -- The ghost forest -- The song of the beetle -- The sheath-winged cosmos -- The two dianas -- The parable of the worm.
Subject: Bark beetles -- North America
Trees -- Diseases and pests -- North America
Beetles -- Effect of forest management on -- North America
Forest insects -- Control -- North America

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.

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The Pas Campus Library SB 945 .B3 N55 2011 (Text) 58500000225748 Stacks Volume hold Available -

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