Researchers from the University of Alberta presented details of their Mountain Pine Beetle research in April 2012 as part of the Foothills Research Institute's Mountain Pine Beetle workshop. Anne McIntosh presented information on the shifting disturbance regime caused by the Mountain Pine Beetle's expanding attack, and how the understory and below-ground processes are affected.
After simulating MPB attacks and analyzing the resulting understory regeneration, seed germination was low in the short-term. There were no significant changes in forest fuels based on the treatments in the following year, and little change in soils due to treatments in the first year.
Anne McIntosh is a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta.
