A critical species to the ecosystem is facing a variety of threats.
Researchers working to save whitebark pine, a declining keystone tree species in the greater Yellowstone areaA critical tree species found in some of America's most revered national parks is in decline, leading researchers to embark on a race to prevent more from dying off.
"If we lose the keystone species, we don't totally know what's going to happen," Nancy Bockino, research associate at the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, told ABC News. "It's like losing the roof of your house."after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service concluded that the species was likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.
Since the forest is no longer freezing as often during the fall and spring, a native pine beetle has been able to spread its population and further weaken the trees, Jones and Bockino said.Higher temperatures could also cause the plants to become water stress, further exposing the trees to invasion from the expanding number of beetles, Jones said.
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