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Climate change impacts and forest management

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Examples of tree species that have opportunistic pests<br />

• Pines, tamarack,<br />

oaks, birches,<br />

aspen, etc.<br />

• Armillaria root<br />

disease can kill<br />

stressed trees.<br />

Red pine<br />

Bark beetles<br />

• Persistent<br />

outbreaks of<br />

opportunists<br />

will be the<br />

bellwethers of<br />

climate <strong>change</strong>.<br />

Northern red oak<br />

Two-lined chestnut borers<br />

http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/tree/tree_atlas.html

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