Future Forests Webinar: Ecological consequences of mountain pine beetle outbreaks for habitats and populations of wildlife
March 6, 2012, 10:00 - 11:30 (Mountain)
Please join us on Tuesday, March 6 from 10 am to 11:30 pm (MST) for a webinar on changes in wildlife populations and habitat following the mountain pine beetle outbreak. Biologists and researchers with the Rocky Mountain Research Station will present on topics ranging from implications of the MBP outbreak for avian populations and habitats to models predicting changes in wildlife habitat suitability under different climate and bark beetle conditions. They will explore questions such as:
- which life history traits and strategies of wildlife species predict short-term (0-20 years) positive and negative responses to beetles and fire?
- what are the appropriate spatial and temporal scales for evaluating wildlife responses to beetle outbreaks and wildfire?
- how are site-specific management histories incorporated into large-scale simulation models of ecosystem processes that affect habitat suitability for wildlife?
Contact Megan Matonis for more information or to request special accommodations.
For more informations about the webinar series, see Future Forests Webinar Series.