pest outbreak
Sudden vermin explosion
A pest outbreak is a sudden, dramatic increase in the population of an organism that damages crops, livestock, or ecosystems.
The term applies to insects, rodents, fungi, or other species that multiply beyond normal levels: The locust outbreak devastated farms across three provinces.
Outbreaks often follow disruptions to natural predators or favorable environmental conditions.
- infestationPest takeover situation
- swarmMass of moving insects
- locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
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- forest damageforest fire, forest fires, wildfires, bark beetle, bark beetles
- tree problemscrack, dead wood, dieback, rot, wound
- natural disastersearthquake, tornado, hurricane, tsunami, volcanic eruption
- forest ecologytree, decomposers, canopy, forest floor, understory
- farm weatherweather, climate, precipitation, rainfall, humidity levels
- population dynamicsbirth rate, population size, death rate, growth rate, mortality rate
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