Native and exotic insects and diseases in forest ecosystems in the Hoosier-Shawnee ecological assessment area

Dwight Scarbrough; Jennifer Juzwik

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Native and exotic insects and diseases in forest ecosystems in the Hoosier-Shawnee ecological assessment area

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Dwight Scarbrough, Jennifer Juzwik

Year:

2004

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-244. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 267 p.

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Abstract

Various native and exotic insects and diseases affect the forest ecosystems of the Hoosier-Shawnee Ecological Assessment Area. Defoliating insects have had the greatest effects in forests where oak species predominate. Increases in oak decline are expected with the imminent establishment of the European gypsy moth. Insects and pathogens of the pine forests are artifacts of stand origin and age. Chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease have had the greatest broad-ranging and historical effects on the non-oak, broad-leaved forests.

Parent Publication

The Hoosier-Shawnee Ecological assessment

Keywords

Hoosier National Forest, Shawnee National Forest, insects, disease

Citation

Scarbrough, Dwight; Juzwik, Jennifer. 2004. Native and exotic insects and diseases in forest ecosystems in the Hoosier-Shawnee ecological assessment area. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-244. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 267 p.