Evaluation of tree risk in the spruce - fir region of the Northeast

Thomas F. McLintock

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Evaluation of tree risk in the spruce - fir region of the Northeast

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas F. McLintock

Year:

1948

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-16. Philadelphia, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-7.

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Abstract

In attempting to find possible means of combating recurrent epidemics of the spruce budworm in the Northeast, research has shown that forest management has considerable promise. Reduction in the proportion of balsam fir to spruce and attainment of the highest possible proportion of rapidly growing trees are expected to result in a less severe outbreak and a higher percent of recovery following defoliation. These principles of silvicultural control have been discussed in detail by Graham and Orr, Balch, Westveld, and McLintock.

Citation

McLintock, Thomas F. 1948. Evaluation of tree risk in the spruce - fir region of the Northeast. Station Paper NE-16. Philadelphia, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-7.