Current and Proposed Technologies for Bark Beetle Management

Authors

Richard A. Goyer
Michael R. Wagner
Timothy D. Schowalter

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Forestry

Publication Date

1998

Issue

12

Volume

96

First Page

29

Last Page

33

Abstract

Behavioral chemicals that disrupt mating and host tree selection are reducing losses to bark beetles. In the Pacific Northwest, thinning and selection of appropriate species have been the preferred management options, but pheromones - both attractants and antiaggregants - show promise. In the South, where single-species stands are especially vulnerable, inhibitory compounds are visual disruption may deter bark beetles from selecting valuable trees as hosts. In the southeast, managers are combining slash management and thinning with semiochemicals and biological controls.

Comments

Originally published by the Society of American Foresters.
Note: This article appeared in the Journal of Forestry.

Recommended Citation

Goyer, R., Wagner, M. and Schowalter, T. (1998). Current and proposed technologies for bark beetle management. Journal of Forestry, 96(12): 29-33.