Rosenberger, Derek WVenette, Robert CMaddox, Mitchell PAukema, Brian H2017-04-202017-04-202017-04-20https://hdl.handle.net/11299/187689Data includes size of logs used for tests, beetles boring into the bark, beetles accepting the phloem, beetles constructing egg galleries, beetles attraction to infested logs, and specific chemical composition of the six different pine species.Mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) threatens eastern pine species due to an ongoing eastward expansion of its range through the Canadian boreal forest. This data was collected to assess the acceptance and attraction behaviors of mountain pine beetle in relation to two historical western North American and four novel eastern North American hosts.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United Stateshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/Datasethttps://doi.org/10.13020/D6601N