Past infestations of the white pine weevil in naturally regenerated spruce stands
Bosque Modelo:
McGregor
Temática:
Gestión forestal
Tipo de documento:
Artículo científico
Resumen
Past infestations of the white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi (Peck), were reconstructed by examining standing and felled trees in naturally regenerated interior spruce stands in the McGregor Model Forest in northern B.C. Infestations were common in both the SubBoreal Spruce (SBS), wet cool (SBSwk) and very wet cool (SBSvk) biogeoclimatic subzones, demonstrating that frequent weeviling is a natural event that predates human intervention. Approximately one-third of all stem defects in 32 felled trees were verified as caused by the weevil. In the SBSwk and SBSvk 56.3% and 81.3% of felled trees contained weevil-caused defects, with 1.9 and 2.1 defects per tree, respectively. Trees in the SBSvk had significantly more weevil attacks high on the bole than trees in the SBSwk.
Información Bibliográfica
Autor:
Kimoto, TTM, RI Alfaro and JH Borden.
Revista:
Forestry Chronicle
Año:
2000
N°:
4
País :
Canadá
Páginas:
627 - 632
Volumen:
76
Idioma:
Ingles
Palabras claves
white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi, white spruce, Engelmann spruce, Picea engelmannii x P. glauca