2001-2002 drought helped propel mountain pine beetle epidemic, study finds

Monday, November 5, 2012 - 14:32 in Earth & Climate

A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first time that episodes of reduced precipitation in the southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-02 drought, greatly accelerated development of the mountain pine beetle epidemic.

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