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Alaska: Spruce Beetle Infestation Kenai Peninsula, 1972 to 1998
Warming in Alaska has caused insect outbreaks to increase. Red areas indicate spruce beetle infestations on the Kenai Peninsula. Over 5 million acres of Alaska spruce forests were destroyed. Image Reference: Berman et al.1
References
- 1. [508] Berman, M., G. P. Juday, and R. Burnside. "Climate Change and Alaska's Forests: People, Problems, and Policies." In Assessing the Consequences of Climate Change for Alaska and the Bering Sea Region, edited by G. Weller and P. A. Anderson, 21-42. Proceedings of a Workshop at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 29-30 October 1998. Fairbanks, Alaska: Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1999.
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