Red oak borer, Enaphalodes rufulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, U.S.A.: An unexpected and remarkable forest disturbance

Integrated Pest Management Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 247-252

  Stephen, Fred M ^a   Salisbury, Vaughn B ^a   Oliveria, Forrest L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; Insect outbreaks; Native insects; Oak decline; Oak insects; Oak mortality; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST HEALTH; MORTALITY; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ERYTHROBALANUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0142103684     PISSN: 13535226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025779520102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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