Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1909
First Page
1
Last Page
185
Abstract
During the writer's investigations of extensive insect depredations in the forests of West Virginia, from 1890 to 1902, he was forcibly impressed with the importance of the forest-insect problem in connection with any future efforts toward the successful management of the forests of this country, and was thus led to give special attention to the subject. It was soon realized that among the principal groups of insect enemies of forest trees the scolytid bark and wood boring beetles must occupy first rank, both in economic importance and systematic interest. Subsequent investigations in West Virginia, in connection with the work of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, and in all of the principal forest regions of the country, in connection with the work of the Bureau of Entomology, have served to confirm these first impressions. In these investigations special efforts have been made to acquire information on the habits and seasonal history and other facts relating to the various species, and to collect an abundance of material for systematic study, all to form a basis for conclusions in regard to the principal enemies of American forests and practical methods for their control.
Recommended Citation
Hopkins, A. (1909). Practical information on the scolytid beetles on North American Forests : part I - barkbeetles of the genus Dendroctonus. USDA Bureau of Entomology, Bulletion no. 83, Part I, Washington D.C. 169 pp.
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Comments
This item was written and prepared by U.S. Government employees on official time, and is therefore in the public domain.