Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation (WPEF)

We are a science-based non-profit dedicated to counteracting the decline of whitebark pine and enhancing knowledge about the value of its ecosystems.

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406-925-9545
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Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation
PO Box 17943
Missoula, Montana 59808

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Recent Whitebark News – Groundbreaking New Genetic Research

Breakthrough Genetic Research could have Implications for Whitebark Pine Conservation!

Development of nuclear microsatellite loci for Pinus albicaulis Engelm. (Pinaceae), a conifer of conservation concern

Marian V. Lea, John Syring, Tara Jennings, Richard Cronn, Leo P. Bruederle, Jennifer Ramp Neale, Diana F. Tomback

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205423

Are Survivors Different? Genetic-Based Selection of Trees by Mountain Pine Beetle During a Climate Change-Driven Outbreak in a High-Elevation Pine Forest

Diana L. Six, Clare Vergobbi, Mitchell Cutter

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00993/full

 

Keep up with the latest news and scientific publications Here

Whitebark Pine Prevalence and Ecological Function in Treeline Communities of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, U.S.A.: Potential Disruption by White Pine Blister Rust

Aaron C. Wagner, Diana F. Tomback, Lynn M. Resler, Elizabeth R. Pansing

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/10/635

Ecological effects and effectiveness of silvicultural restoration treatments in whitebark pine forests

Colin T.MaherCara R.Nelson, Andrew J.Larson, AnnaSala

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112718311125

Missing, delayed, and old: The status of ESA recovery plans

Jacob W. Malcom & Ya-Wei Li

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.12601

 

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