Rusty Rhea

Treesearch Publications

• Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, S.M. Salom, K. Sumpter, T. McAvoy, N.F. Schneeberger, Rusty Rhea. 2020. Integrating chemical and biological control of the hemlock woolly adelgid: a resource manager’s guide
• Scott M. Salom, Gina Davis, Joseph Elkinton, Jeremiah Foley, Nathan P. P. Havill, Carrie Jubb, Albert Mayfield, Tom McAvoy, Rusty Rhea, R. Talbot Trotter, III, Mark Whitmore. 2019. A response to "Media representation of hemlock woolly adelgid management risks: a case study of science communication and invasive species control," published in biological invasions online on September 18, 2018
• Steven T. Brantley, Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, Robert M. Jetton, Chelcy F. Miniat, David Zietlow, Cindi L. Brown, Rusty Rhea. 2017. Elevated light levels reduce hemlock woolly adelgid infestation and improve carbon balance of infested eastern hemlock seedlings
• Gregory J. Wiggins, Jerome F. Grant, Rusty Rhea, Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, Abdul Hakeem, Paris L. Lambdin, A. B. Lamb Galloway. 2016. Emergence, seasonality, and hybridization of Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), an introduced predator of hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), in the Tennessee Appalachians
• Chelcy F. Miniat, David Zeitlow, Steven T. Brantley, Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield, Rusty Rhea, Robert Jetton, Paul.  Arnold. 2016. Physiological responses of eastern hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) to biological control and silvicultural release: implications for hemlock restoration
• Kelly McDonald, John Seiler, Scott Salom, Rusty Rhea. 2015. Physiological decline and recovery of eastern hemlock to hemlock woolly adelgid
• Kevin M. Potter, Robert M. Jetton, William S. Dvorak, Valerie Hipkins, Rusty Rhea, W. Andrew Whittier. 2012. Widespread inbreeding and unexpected geographic patterns of genetic variation in eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), an imperiled North American conifer
• Jerome F. Grant, Abdul Hakeem, Paris L. Lambdin, Gregory J. Wiggins, Rusty Rhea. 2011. Whole-tree canopy enclosures: why cage a tree?
• Jerome F. Grant, Rusty Rhea, Paris Lambdin, Greg Wiggins, Abdul Hakeem. 2009. Why cage a tree? Use of whole-tree enclosures to assess introduced predators of hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae
• Robert Jetton, William Dvorak, Andrew Whittier, Kevin M. Potter, Rusty Rhea. 2009. Genetics and conservation of hemlock species threatened by the hemlock woolly adelgid