Greg Pappas- Tinker Lab for Forest and Fire Ecology at the University of WY.
The Response of Understory Plants to the Bark Beetle Epidemic Understory plants are an important element of forests, having a considerable influence on the biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and ecosystem function. Bark Beetle kill may provide the opportunity for changes in the abundance, diversity and composition of understory plants within beetle killed forests. Come learn about research in the Park focused on this aspect of the ecosystem