Monitoring Spruce Budworm Populations with Pheromone-baited Traps
Problem Addressed: Design and evaluate strategies for controlling spruce budworm
Goal(s)/Objective(s): Help forest managers to manage budworm-susceptible forests in an economically and environmentally acceptalbe manner
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- Allen, D. C.
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Abrahamson, L. P.
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Eggen, D. A.
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Lanier, G. N.
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Currently available tools can be used to monitor moth activity (phenology), detect large-scale dispersal flights, compare relative abundance between stands and determine population trend within stands. However, modifications in the trapping system are necessary to reduce variation in trap catch. Additional field trials are required before average trap catch can be used to predict spruce budworm density. Trials should include a minimum of fifteen plots in each region, encompass a range of budworm larval densities and strive to obtain more precise measures of larval abundance.
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