Silvicultural treatments to reduce losses to bark beetle
Jordan Lang, Department of Forestry and Conservation, UC, Berkeley.
Robert Heald, Department of Forestry and Conservation, UC, Berkeley.
Edward Stone, Department of Forestry and Conservation, UC, Berkeley.
Donald L. Dahlsten, , Division of Biological Control, UC, Berkeley.
Robin Akers, Division of Biological Control, UC, Berkeley.
California Agriculture 32(7):12-13. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v032n07p12.
Jordan Lang is Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forestry and Conservation, UC, Berkeley. Robert C. Heald is Manager, Blodgett Forest Research Station, Department of Forestry and Conservation, UC, Berkeley. Edward Stone is Professor of Forestry, Department of Forestry and Conservation, UC, Berkeley. Donald L. Dahlsten is Professor of Entomology, Division of Biological Control, UC, Berkeley. Robin Akers is Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Biological Control, UC, Berkeley.
Using the “aggregation” approach to characterize groups of Ponderosa pines, researchers at the Blodgett Forest Research Station are studying the effects of thinning on beetle-caused mortality.