山松甲虫

山松甲蟲（學名：Dendroctonus ponderosae，）是大小蠹属下的一種樹皮甲蟲，原產於墨西哥到英屬哥倫比亞中部的北美地區，是這些地區最嚴重的植物害蟲之一。

它體長雖然只有5毫米，但卻能造成大規模的植物死亡。美國落基山国家公园自1996年開始就飽受它的困擾，有上百萬英畝的植物被其啃噬至死。

山松甲蟲寄生的植物包括北美黃松、美国白皮松、扭叶松、欧洲赤松、加拿大短叶松等多種松屬植物。

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*[http://www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11671362 Canada's Forests Beetle Attack - The Economist]
*[http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/15/beetle-infestation-get-much-worse Deaths of trees 'catastrophic' - Rocky Mountain News]
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801772.html Washington Post article: 'Rapid Warming' Spreads Havoc in Canada's Forests]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170103042605/https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/lib_MPB.htm British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Library - Bibliography of Mountain Pine Beetle Publications]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190926003112/https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/mountain_pine_beetle/ British Columbia Forestry Ministry - Mountain Pine Beetle Action Plan, information and FAQ]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190726091148/http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/conserve/pine_beetle/pine_beetle.html British Columbia Ministry of the Environment Mountain Pine Beetle FAQ]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120925005411/http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/mountain_pine_beetle/2006_IBM.pdf Provincial aerial survey of MPB 2006]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170919013611/http://nfdp.ccfm.org/data/graphs/graph_41_b_e.php Canadian Forest Service (CFS) Graph and Table showing Mountain Pine Beetle data]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306093033/http://thetriaproject.ca/ The TRIA Project: Mountain Pine Beetle System Genomics]