Forest Pest Management and Training from an Industrial Perspective

Richard Heath

doi:10.5558/tfc63240-4

Forest Pest Management and Training from an Industrial Perspective

The Forestry Chronicle ◽

10.5558/tfc63240-4 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 63 (4) ◽

pp. 240-243

Author(s):

Richard Heath

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Forest Industry ◽

Forest Pest ◽

Management Regimes ◽

Industrial Forest ◽

Forest Pest Management ◽

Forestry Programs ◽

And Training

Industrial forest pest management in Canada is a relatively new phenomenon and not yet well integrated into forest management regimes. However, pest management has gained a higher profile within the forest industry over the last decade and some companies are now routinely incorporating pest management principles and training into their forestry programs.

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Forest pests and their management in the Anthropocene

Canadian Journal of Forest Research ◽

10.1139/cjfr-2017-0033 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 292-301 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Matthew P. Ayres ◽

María J. Lombardero

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Forest Pest ◽

Trial And Error ◽

Forest Pests ◽

The Core ◽

Rapid Changes ◽

Forest Pest Management ◽

Management Plans

Forest managers are facing unprecedented challenges from rapid changes in forest pests. The core causes are changes in climate, land use, and global distributions of organisms. Due to invasions and range expansions by pests, and propagation of nonnative trees, managers are increasingly confronted with pest problems outside their range of experience. There is a need to adapt pest management practices more quickly and efficiently than is possible when managers work in isolation and mainly learn by trial and error. Here we identify general tactics for adaptation of forest pest management in the Anthropocene: growth and application of practical theory; improved biosecurity against future invasions; improved monitoring, prediction, and mitigation; increased sharing of knowledge among regions, countries, and continents; management plans that anticipate continuing change; improved assessment of costs, benefits, and risks of possible responses to new potential pests; assessment of system responses to pest management decisions so that subsequent decisions are increasingly better informed; and improved understanding of the couplings between forests, forest management, and socioeconomic systems. Examples of success in forest management can aid in other sectors (e.g., agriculture, pastoralism, fisheries, and water resources) that are similarly important to our environmental security and similarly challenged by global change.

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Proceedings: Spatial analysis and forest pest management

10.2737/ne-gtr-175 ◽

1993 ◽

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Pest Management ◽

Forest Pest ◽

Forest Pest Management

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E-MYRCENOL: A NEW PHEROMONE FOR THE PINE ENGRAVER, IPS PINI (SAY) (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent122401-5 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 122 (3) ◽

pp. 401-406 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

D.R. Miller ◽

G. Gries ◽

J.H. Borden

Keyword(s):

Sex Ratio ◽

Pest Management ◽

Lodgepole Pine ◽

Ips Pini ◽

Ethanol Solution ◽

Forest Pest ◽

Pine Engraver ◽

Forest Pest Management ◽

Dose Dependent Fashion ◽

Dose Dependent

AbstractE-Myrcenol reduced catches of the pine engraver, Ips pini (Say), to ipsdienol-baited, multiple-funnel traps in a dose-dependent fashion. The sex ratio was unaffected by E-myrcenol treatments. Lures containing E-myrcenol in ethanol solution failed to protect freshly cut logs of lodgepole pine from attack by I. pini. Rather, I. pini preferentially attacked logs treated with devices releasing E-myrcenol and ethanol, over nontreated, control logs. Our results demonstrate that E-myrcenol is a new pheromone for I. pini, and emphasize the importance of understanding basic pheromone biology before utilisation of a semiochemical in forest pest management.

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