Detection and monitoring of emerald ash borer populations: trap trees and the factors that may influence their effectiveness

Andrew J. Storer; Jessica A. Metzger; Ivich Fraser; Deborah G. McCullough; Therese M. M. Poland; Robert L. Heyd

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Detection and monitoring of emerald ash borer populations: trap trees and the factors that may influence their effectiveness

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Authors:

Andrew J. Storer, Jessica A. Metzger, Ivich Fraser, Deborah G. McCullough, Therese M. M. Poland, Robert L. Heyd

Year:

2007

Type:

General Technical Report - Proceedings

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Gottschalk, Kurt W., ed. Proceedings, 17th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2006; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-10. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 93.

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Abstract

The exotic emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, was first identified in Michigan in 2002, though it had likely been established there for a number of years prior to detection. A key to management of EAB populations is the ability to detect this insect in order to accurately describe its distribution and to locate new outlier populations. A number of detection tools have been tested, and the mostly widely implemented to date has been the use of trap trees.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 17th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2006

Citation

Storer, Andrew J.; Metzger, Jessica A.; Fraser, Ivich; McCullough, Deborah G.; Poland, Therese M.; Heyd, Robert L. 2007. Detection and monitoring of emerald ash borer populations: trap trees and the factors that may influence their effectiveness. In: Gottschalk, Kurt W., ed. Proceedings, 17th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other invasive species 2006; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-10. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 93.