Allan Carroll, University of British Columbia

Latest papers

Climate-induced outbreaks in high-elevation pines are driven primarily by immigration of bark beetles from historical hosts.
Global change biology · 2021
Defoliation of interior Douglas-fir elicits carbon transfer and stress signalling to ponderosa pine neighbors through ectomycorrhizal networks.
Scientific reports · 2015

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Fatal attraction: Engineering and selecting beauveria bassiana fungal strains for targeted biocontrol of Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)_x000d_
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$687,000
Altered trophic interactions in a warming environment: insights into the population dynamics of eruptive herbivores
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$160,000
The NSERC TRIA Network: Turning risk into action for the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic
NSERC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$2,977,148

All 4 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Climate-induced outbreaks in high-elevation pines are driven primarily by immigration of bark beetles from historical hosts.

Howe M, Carroll A, Gratton C, Raffa KF

Global change biology2021

DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15861 PMID: 34428326

02

Defoliation of interior Douglas-fir elicits carbon transfer and stress signalling to ponderosa pine neighbors through ectomycorrhizal networks.

Song YY, Simard SW, Carroll A, Mohn WW, Zeng RS

Scientific reports2015

DOI: 10.1038/srep08495 PMID: 25683155

Fatal attraction: Engineering and selecting beauveria bassiana fungal strains for targeted biocontrol of Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae)_x000d_

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Vederas, John

$687,000

Altered trophic interactions in a warming environment: insights into the population dynamics of eruptive herbivores

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Carroll, Allan

$160,000

The NSERC TRIA Network: Turning risk into action for the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Strategic Network Grants Program

Principal investigators: Cooke, Janice

$2,977,148

Funding for full application preparation: The NSERC Tria Mountain Pine Beetle System Network

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Networks

Principal investigators: Cooke, Janice

$23,300

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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