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Location
Ithaca, New York
Start Date
27-9-1983 12:00 AM
Description
Each year, mammalian wildlife causes extensive and costly damage to fruit tree growers throughout Ontario. In 1981, in response to the concern among fruit growers over high levels of this damage, the Ontario Apple Marketing Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food requested that we initiate a long-term study of this problem. However, the desire to improve available control practices was impeded by a general lack of know ledge of the scope of mammalian pest problems in Ontario. For example, the extent and degree of damage in relation to seasonal and regional differences, pest population levels and management practices was unknown. Accordingly, our research program has four basic objectives: first, to assess level of tree injury caused by mammalian pests and to deter-mine the costs of this damage and of methods currently used to control the pest species; second, to identify the species causing damage; third, to identify biological indicators that could be used by growers to predict periods of potential high damage; fourth, to develop and recommend a cost-effective, long-range program to monitor and control pest species.
Recommended Citation
Brooks, R. J., & Struger, S. A. (1983). Control of damage by mammals in Ontario orchards. In Decker, D. J. (Ed.), The First Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference (pp. 209-212). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
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Control of Damage by Mammals in Ontario Orchards
Ithaca, New York
Each year, mammalian wildlife causes extensive and costly damage to fruit tree growers throughout Ontario. In 1981, in response to the concern among fruit growers over high levels of this damage, the Ontario Apple Marketing Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food requested that we initiate a long-term study of this problem. However, the desire to improve available control practices was impeded by a general lack of know ledge of the scope of mammalian pest problems in Ontario. For example, the extent and degree of damage in relation to seasonal and regional differences, pest population levels and management practices was unknown. Accordingly, our research program has four basic objectives: first, to assess level of tree injury caused by mammalian pests and to deter-mine the costs of this damage and of methods currently used to control the pest species; second, to identify the species causing damage; third, to identify biological indicators that could be used by growers to predict periods of potential high damage; fourth, to develop and recommend a cost-effective, long-range program to monitor and control pest species.