Managing tree pests and diseases in urban settings: The case of Oak Processionary Moth in London, 2006-2012

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 286-292

  Tomlinson, Isobel ^a   Potter, Clive ^b   Bayliss, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Oak Processionary Moth; Plant health; Tree pest

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDOWNER; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

LEPIDOPTERA; QUERCUS; THAUMETOPOEA PROCESSIONEA;

EID: 84940164081     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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