Research Scientist, Bark Beetle Ecology Kathy Bleiker of the Canadian Forest Service and Field Technician Gurp Thandi collect

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Research Scientist, Bark Beetle Ecology Kathy Bleiker of the Canadian Forest Service and Field Technician Gurp Thandi collect mountain pine beetles at a research site near Grande Prairie, Alberta. They are able to determine how many beetles are infesting a section of the tree, and how many survive the winter and emerge the following year. In past warm years as many as ten times as many beetle emege as have entered the tree.

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Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
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