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		Mountain Pine Beetle - Dendroctonus ponderosae
		
		
		
		
	 
	
	 
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		Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
		Number of Observations: 141
		
		
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Adams, Aaron S. 2006. Symbiotic fungi and the Mountain Pine Beetle: Beetle mycophagy and fungal interactions with parasitoids and microorganisms. PhD Dissertation. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
Alverson, Hannah Rose. 2025. Mountain Pine Beetle host tree selection and climate-growth dynamic in Whitebark Pine. M.S. Thesis. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
Bleiker, Katherine P. 2007. Multi-partner mutualism: Interactions among the Mountain Pine Beetle and two ophiostomatoid fungal associates. PhD Dissertation. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
Cascaddan, B.M. 2018. Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle on Elk habitat and nutrition in the Elkhorn Mountains of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 59 p.
Dooley, Edith M. 2012. Mountain Pine Beetle outbreaks in high elevation Whitebark Pine forests: The effects of tree host species and Blister Rust infection severity on beetle productivity. M.S. Thesis. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
Dresser, M.A. 2015. Demographic responses of woodpeckers in relation to a Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic in the Elkhorn Mountains of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 71 p.
Kelville, Megan. 2012. Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetle outbreak on biogeochemical cycling in a high elevation Whitebark Pine ecosystem. M.S. Thesis. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
McCaughey, W.W. 1990. Biotic and microsite factors affecting Pinus albicaulis establishment and survival. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 78 p.
McDermott, G.J. 1991. Determination of host races in three insect species attacking Dalmation toadflax and yellow toadflax in North America. M.Sc. Thesis.Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 43 p.
Mosher, B.A. 2011. Avian community response to a mountain beetle epidemic. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 55 p.
Reichel, J.D., D.L. Genter and E. Atkinson. 1992. Sensitive animal species in the Elkhorn and Big Belt Mountains of the Helena National Forest. Unpublished report to the Helena National Forest. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena. 158 p.
Reid, R.W. 1960. Studies on the biology of the Mountain Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus monticolae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University. 134 p.
Reilly, James A. 2014. Quantifying the hydrologic impact of Mountain Pine Beetle disturbance in a western Montana ecosystem. M.S. Thesis. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
 
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