The vision of managing for pest-resistant landscapes: Realistic or utopic?
DD Kneeshaw, BR Sturtevant, L DeGrandpé… - Current Forestry …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Forest managers have long suggested that forests can be made
more resilient to insect pests by reducing the abundance of hosts, yet this has rarely been …
more resilient to insect pests by reducing the abundance of hosts, yet this has rarely been …
Impacts of insect outbreaks on tree mortality, productivity, and stand development
DA MacLean - The Canadian Entomologist, 2016 - cambridge.org
The impacts of insect outbreaks on tree mortality, productivity, and stand development in
Canada are reviewed, emphasising spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens) …
Canada are reviewed, emphasising spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens) …
Biology and genomics of viruses within the genus Gammabaculovirus
B Arif, S Escasa, L Pavlik - Viruses, 2011 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hymenoptera is a very large and ancient insect order encompassing bees, wasps, ants and
sawflies. Fossil records indicate that they existed over 200 million years ago and about 100 …
sawflies. Fossil records indicate that they existed over 200 million years ago and about 100 …
Potential for an impact of global climate change on insect herbivory in cereal crops
FG Horgan - Crop protection under changing climate, 2020 - Springer
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentrations have attained a higher level (> 400 ppm)
than at any time in recent geological history (> 800 K years), and the global climate has …
than at any time in recent geological history (> 800 K years), and the global climate has …
Population studies of tree-defoliating insects in Canada: a century in review
RC Johns, L Flaherty, D Carleton… - The Canadian …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Our review highlights research during the past century focussed on the population ecology
of outbreak-prone insect defoliators in Canadian forests. Based on reports from national and …
of outbreak-prone insect defoliators in Canadian forests. Based on reports from national and …
Self-thinning dynamics in a balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) insect-mediated boreal forest chronosequence
JW McCarthy, G Weetman - Forest Ecology and Management, 2007 - Elsevier
Self-thinning dynamics were examined in a natural, 120-year, insect-mediated balsam fir
(Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) chronosequence in the humid boreal forests of western …
(Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) chronosequence in the humid boreal forests of western …
Ecosystem alteration modifies the relative strengths of bottom‐up and top‐down forces in a herbivore population
G Moreau, ES Eveleigh, CJ Lucarotti… - Journal of Animal …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Ecosystem alterations can affect the abundance, distribution and diversity of
plants and animals, and thus potentially change the relative strength of bottom‐up (the plant …
plants and animals, and thus potentially change the relative strength of bottom‐up (the plant …
Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis cyt1Ba crystal protein against hymenopteran forest pests
K van Frankenhuyzen, A Tonon - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2013 - Elsevier
A crystal–spore suspension of PS201T6 was toxic to larvae of Diprion similis (Hymenoptera:
Diprionidae). Toxicity was at least in part attributable to the Cyt1Ba crystal protein, as …
Diprionidae). Toxicity was at least in part attributable to the Cyt1Ba crystal protein, as …
Production, application, and field performance of Abietiv™, the balsam fir sawfly nucleopolyhedrovirus
CJ Lucarotti, B Morin, RI Graham, R Lapointe - Virologica sinica, 2007 - Springer
Beginning in the early 1990s, the balsam fir sawfly (Neodiprion abietis) became a significant
defoliating insect of precommercially thinned balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) stands in …
defoliating insect of precommercially thinned balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) stands in …
Estimating cumulative defoliation of balsam fir from hemlock looper and balsam fir sawfly using aerial defoliation survey in western Newfoundland, Canada
J Iqbal, DA MacLean - Forest ecology and management, 2010 - Elsevier
Both hemlock looper (Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria (Guen.)) and balsam fir sawfly
(Neodiprion abietis (Harris)) undergo periodic outbreaks in eastern Canada and cause …
(Neodiprion abietis (Harris)) undergo periodic outbreaks in eastern Canada and cause …