Abstract: The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, MPB) is native to western Canada. It attacks all pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack pine. Over the past 40 years the range of mountain pine beetle has expanded, possibly due to changes in the area of climatically suitable habitat. Known Limitations: The areas surveyed each year can be different and therefore year over year comparisons may be difficult; the surveyors do not do ground truthing for all disturbances identified, therefore it is not guaranteed that all of the disturbances are caused by MPB; the surveyors do not necessarily map tree patches less than three red trees and therefore the dataset may not include all MPB killed trees; "grey" attacked trees are not captured; the surveyors attempt to distinguish between "new" faders and "old" faders but the accuracy of this distinction is not guaranteed and therefore the data may reflect several years and several generations of MPB attack. Beetle year is August 15 of current year - August 14 of following year. This dataset contains data from 1975 to 2010. Data from 2011 onward is available as a separate dataset.
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File identifier:
EC7312B9-C26D-4156-8541-9BEBE5FCFA4E
Language:
Language Code:
eng
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utf8
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Health & Adaptation Section, Forest Stewardship and Trade Branch
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Electronic mail address:
FH.info@gov.ab.ca
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Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2023-01-16
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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missing
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Reference system:
Reference system identifier:
RS Identifier:
Code:
3400
Code Space:
EPSG
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Mountain Pine Beetle Inventory 1975 - 2010
Date:
Date:
Date:
2018-10-19
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2023-01-16
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Date:
Date:
Date:
2021-08-24
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Health & Adaptation Section, Forest Stewardship and Trade Branch
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Electronic mail address:
FH.info@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
originator
Abstract:
The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, MPB) is native to western Canada. It attacks all
pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack pine. Over the past 40 years the range of mountain pine
beetle has expanded, possibly due to changes in the area of climatically suitable habitat. Known
Limitations: The areas surveyed each year can be different and therefore year over year comparisons may be
difficult; the surveyors do not do ground truthing for all disturbances identified, therefore it is not
guaranteed that all of the disturbances are caused by MPB; the surveyors do not necessarily map tree patches
less than three red trees and therefore the dataset may not include all MPB killed trees; "grey" attacked
trees are not captured; the surveyors attempt to distinguish between "new" faders and "old" faders but the
accuracy of this distinction is not guaranteed and therefore the data may reflect several years and several
generations of MPB attack. Beetle year is August 15 of current year - August 14 of following year. This
dataset contains data from 1975 to 2010. Data from 2011 onward is available as a separate dataset.
Purpose:
Inventory of mountain pine beetle (MPB) attacks on all pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack
pine in Alberta. The purpose of the point-level helicopter surveys is to detect locations of current MPB
activity to inform management decisions.
Status:
Progress code:
completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Health & Adaptation Section, Forest Stewardship and Trade Branch
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Electronic mail address:
FH.info@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
notPlanned
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Type:
Keyword type code:
place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Mountain Pine Beetle
Keyword:
MPB
Keyword:
Dendroctonus ponderosae
Keyword:
Aerial survey
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
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otherRestrictions
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Your use of this information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, in
force as of the date you accessed the information, found at https://open.alberta.ca/licence
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license
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Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any
circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss,
injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the
Information, even if specifically advised of the possibility of such loss, injury or damage.
Resource constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification:
Classification code:
unclassified
User note:
Public/Unrestricted
Classification system:
Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/Pages/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification.aspx
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
Forest Health Aerial Survey Manual
Date:
Date:
Date:
2012-10-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Government of Alberta
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Association Type:
Association type code:
crossReference
Spatial representation type:
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vector
Spatial resolution:
Resolution:
Equivalent scale:
Representative fraction:
Denominator:
5000
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
biota
Topic category:
Topic category code:
environment
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-120.0014
East bound longitude:
-110.0048
South bound latitude:
48.9967
North bound latitude:
60.0005
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Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
ESRI File Geodatabase
Version:
10.7.1
Specification:
FGDB
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.Data@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
distributor
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MB
Transfer size:
25
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/biota/MPB_AerialSurvey_1975to2010.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Mountain Pine Beetle Inventory 1975 to 2010 (FGDB)
Description:
FGDB containing Mountain Pine Beetle Inventory 1975 to 2010 dataset (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
MB
Transfer size:
5
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/formain15619/$file/ForestHealthAerialSurveyManual-Oct2012.pdf
Protocol:
HTTPS
Name:
Forest Health Aerial Survey Manual (PDF)
Description:
PDF document of Forest Health Aerial Survey Manual
Function:
Online function code:
download
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The suffix "x" means a point feature class. Suffix "p" means a polygon feature class. The 1975 to 1994
data sets (suffix "75p" to "94p") are sketch-mapped polygon representation of beetle infested areas.
These areas were mapped by Canadian Forest Service. More recent data sets are primarily by helicopter
(Heli-GPS) captured point features. The surveys are conducted in late summer & fall, and focus on newly
fading trees (recently killed by MPB).
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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