Native bark-foraging birds preferentially forage in infected ash (Fraxinus spp.) and prove effective predators of the invasive emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 300-306

  Flower, Charles E ^a,c   Long, Lawrence C ^b   Knight, Kathleen S ^c   Rebbeck, Joanne ^c   Brown, Joel S ^a   Gonzalez Meler, Miquel A ^a   Whelan, Christopher J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark foraging birds; Emerald ash borer; Foraging; Fraxinus; Quitting harvest rate; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

EMERALD ASH BORER; FORAGING; FRAXINUS; HARVEST RATES; WOODPECKER;

BIRDS; FISH; HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIRD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; THINNING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84890286403     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.11.030     Document Type: Article

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