Download or read book Distribution of Bark Beetle Attacks on Ponderosa Pine Trees in Montana written by Philip Cornwell Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boles of 71 mature ponderosa pine trees killed by Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) were analyzed to determine the distribution of the attacks by endemic populations of this bark beetle and those of several phloem -feeding associates. The longitudinal -circumferential distribution of the attacks fitted dia- grammatically into four distinguishable bole infestation patterns. The characteristics of the patterns and similarities with comparable ‍?attacks of D. brevicomis in northeastern California are discussed.