Empire of the beetle : how human folly and a tiny bug are killing North America's great forests
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Vancouver : David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books, c2011.
Physical Description
230 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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Gillette College Library - Main Collection
634.967 N692E
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634.967 N692E
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Gillette College Library - Main Collection | 634.967 N692E | On Shelf |
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Casper College Library - Main Collection | SB945 .B3 N55 2011 | On Shelf |
Fremont Co. - Lander - Main collection | 634.967 NIKIFORUK | On Shelf |
Laramie Co. Library - Cheyenne - Third Floor | 582.16097 NIK | On Shelf |
Laramie County Community College - Main Collection | SB945 .B3 N55 2011 | On Shelf |
Lincoln Co. - Alpine Branch - Main collection | 634.967 NIKIFORUK | On Shelf |
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Published
Vancouver : David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books, c2011.
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Book
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-218) and index.
Summary
"Beginning in the late 1980s, a series of improbable bark beetle outbreaks unsettled iconic forests and communities across western North America. An insect the size of a rice kernel eventually killed more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees from Alaska to New Mexico. Often appearing in masses larger than schools of killer whales, the beetles engineered one of the world's greatest forest die-offs since the deforestation of Europe by peasants between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.
Summary
The beetle didn't act alone. Misguided science, out-of-control logging, bad public policy, and a hundred years of fire suppression created a volatile geography that released the world's oldest forest manager from all natural constraints. Like most human empires, the beetles exploded wildly and then crashed, leaving in their wake grieving landowners, humbled scientists, hungry animals, and altered watersheds. Although climate change triggered this complex event, human arrogance assuredly set the table. With little warning, an ancient insect pointedly exposed the frailty of seemingly stable manmade landscapes. And despite the billions of public dollars spent on control efforts, the beetles burn away like a fire that can't be put out.
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Drawing on first-hand accounts from entomologists, botanists, foresters, and rural residents, award-winning journalist Andrew Nikiforuk investigates this unprecedented beetle plague, its startling implications, and the lessons it holds."--pub. desc.
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Issued also in electronic format.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nikiforuk, A. (2011). Empire of the beetle: how human folly and a tiny bug are killing North America's great forests . David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nikiforuk, Andrew, 1955-. 2011. Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests. David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nikiforuk, Andrew, 1955-. Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nikiforuk, Andrew. Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books, 2011.
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