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Jeff Witcosky
Publications - 3
Citations - 130
Jeff Witcosky is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bark beetle & Scolytus multistriatus. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 122 citations.
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Bark beetle outbreaks in western North America: Causes and consequences
Barbara J. Bentz,Jesse A. Logan,Jim MacMahon,Craig D. Allen,Matthew P. Ayres,Ed Berg,Allan L. Carroll,Matthew C. Hansen,Jeffrey A. Hicke,Linda A. Joyce,Wallace Macfarlane,Steve Munson,Jose F. Negron,T. D. Paine,James A. Powell,Kenneth F. Raffa,Jacques Régnière,Mary L. Reid,Bill Romme,Steven J. Seybold,Diana L. Six,Diana F. Tomback,Jim Vandygriff,Thomas T. Veblen,Michael T. White,Jeff Witcosky,Darien Wood +26 more
TL;DR: Since 1990, native bark beetles have killed billions of trees across millions of acres of forest from Alaska to northern Mexico, and several of the current outbreaks, which are occurring simultaneously across western North America, are the largest and most severe in recorded history as discussed by the authors.
Bark beetle outbreaks in western North America: Causes and consequences
Barbara J. Bentz,Jesse A. Logan,James A. MacMahon,Craig D. Allen,Matthew P. Ayres,Edward E Berg,Allan L. Carroll,Matthew C. Hansen,Jeff H. Hicke,Linda A. Joyce,Wallace Macfarlane,Steve Munson,Jose F. Negron,T. D. Paine,James A. Powell,Kenneth F. Raffa,Jacques Régnière,Mary L. Reid,Bill Romme,Steven J. Seybold,Diana L. Six,Jim Vandygriff,Thomas T. Veblen,Michael T. White,Jeff Witcosky +24 more
Trend of two invasives: the banded and European elm bark beetles
Jana C. Lee,Ingrid Aguayo,Ray Aslin,Gail Durham,Shakeeb M. Hamud,Bruce D. Moltzan,Steve Munson,Jose F. Negron,Travis Peterson,Iral R. Ragenovich,Jeff Witcosky,Steven J. Seybold +11 more
TL;DR: The banded elm bark beetle (BEBB) seems to attack standing trees more aggressively and appears now more abundant than EEBB in the Rocky Mountain region, suggesting that BEBB may have displaced EEBB and/or is better able to colonize regions beyond EEBB's range.