Claim · #6495552
Dendroctonus ponderosae · herbivory · Pinus contorta
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreaks in the US Pacific Northwest”
- Source
- Crop pests and pathogens move polewards in a warming world
- Authors
- Bebber D. P., Ramotowski M. A. T., Gurr S. J.
- Year
- 2013
- Publication
- Nature Climate Change
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mountain pine beetle outbreaks in western US linked to warmer winters reducing larval mortality is well-established climate-driven herbivory.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Dendroctonus ponderosae attacks Pinus contorta; warming-driven winter survival driving outbreaks is accurate; direction correct.”
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