Fifty Years of Tree Pest and Pathogen Invasions, Increasingly Threatening World Forests Page
1 89 Chapter 8 FIFTY YEARS OF TREE PEST AND PATHOGEN INVASIONS, INCREASINGLY …

For millions of years the distribution of the world's biota has been restricted by oceans and
other natural barriers. During the last 100 yr, human activities, especially international travel …

Invasions by nonindigenous forest insects can have spectacular effects on the biodiversity,
ecology, and economy of affected areas. This introduction explores several critical issues …

Forests play critical roles in global ecosystem processes and provide numerous services to
society. But forests are increasingly affected by a variety of human influences, especially …

The world's forests are crucial biological resources that provide a variety of ecosystem
services such as nutrient cycling and provisioning of resources to society. But forests are …

The introduction and successful establishment of nonnative species poses a significant
threat to the function and structure of native ecosystems and biodiversity. Forest ecosystems …

This open access book will provide an introduction to forest entomology, the principles and
techniques of forest insect pest management, the different forest insect guilds/feeding …

Invasive forest pathogens are a major threat to forests worldwide, causing increasing
damage. The knowledge of both the specific traits underlying the capacity of a pathogen to …

Exotic pest introductions are a global threat occurring at an unprecedented rate.
Comprehensive research programs are required at the onset to prevent the spread of the …

Infestation by exotic pathogens and pests, and the resulting decline in native species is an
important ecological, economic and evolutionary process that may alter ecosystem structure …