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A festering problem Lloyd reported on last year -- the invasion of British Columbia's forests by voracious mountain pine beetles -- has taken a drastic turn for the worse, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. Werner Kurz of Natural Resources Canada found that the beetles are turning large tracts of forests into carbon sou...
I wonder whether introduction of natural predators into the infested areas would be a good alternative solution to controlling the beetle. It must have particular predators, like birds or small mammals.
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Are there natural predators to the pine beetle?