Hemlock woolly adelgid in the southern Appalachians: Control strategies, ecological impacts, and potential management responses

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-219

  Vose, James M ^a   Wear, David N ^a   Mayfield, Albert E ^b   Dana Nelson, C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Ecosystem structure and function; Keystone species; Novel management; Virulent pest

Indexed keywords

ADELGES TSUGAE; APPALACHIANS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; CAROLINA HEMLOCKS; CHEMICAL CONTROLS; CONTROL EFFORT; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CULTURAL TREATMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; HOST RESISTANCE; IMPACT STRUCTURES; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND MANAGERS; NATIVE SPECIES; NON-NATIVE; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN AREAS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TSUGA CANADENSIS; VIRULENT PEST; WHITE PINE; WOODY DEBRIS;

DEBRIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECISION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES;

UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; RHODODENDRON; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS; TSUGA CAROLINIANA;

EID: 84871879724     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.002     Document Type: Review

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