Protection Strategy against Spruce Budworm

• Main Author: MacLean, David (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; pheromone mating disruption; spruce budworm; insecticide application; multi-spectral remote sensing; simulation; apparent fecundity; Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens); Pinaceae; Choristoneura fumiferana; circadian rhythm; forest protection; early intervention strategy; insect population management; moth; survival; Phialocephala scopiformis; moths; optimized treatment design; spatial-temporal patterns; monitoring; modelling; science communication; decision support system; population control; area-wide management; tortricidae; insect susceptibility; egg recruitment; annual defoliation; treatment threshold; Maine; dispersal; growth rate; forest pests; Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.); mixed effect models; intertree variance; endophytic fungi; Acadian region; insecticides; defoliation; Abies balsamea; Picea glauca; immigration; defoliation prediction; early intervention; Quebec; phenology; aerobiology; economic losses; spatial autocorrelation; foliage protection; computable general equilibrium model; economic and ecological cost: benefit analyses; hardwood content; plant tolerance; Lepidoptera; migration
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Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.)) outbreaks are a dominant natural disturbance in the forests of Canada and northeastern USA. Widespread, severe defoliation by this native insect results in large-scale mortality and growth reductions of spruce (Picea sp.) and balsam fir (Abies balsam...