Dartmouth Bark Beetle Study (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth Bark Beetle Study (1 of 2)

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Pine trees secrete resin to resist initial attacks by southern pine beetles, but the trees almost always die as they are overwhelmed by thousands of attacking beetles.

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