The effects of defoliation and thinning on the dieback, mortality, and growth of sugar maple in the Tug Hill Region of New York

Robert A. Wink; Douglas C. Allen

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The effects of defoliation and thinning on the dieback, mortality, and growth of sugar maple in the Tug Hill Region of New York

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert A. Wink, Douglas C. Allen

Year:

1999

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 92.

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Abstract

Some recent literature suggests that thinning should not be conducted immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an outbreak of defoliating insects. Although the individual effects of both defoliation and thinning are well documented in the literature, no study has assessed the combined effect of these two stressors. An outbreak of forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hbn., in the Tug Hill region of New York from 1990 to 1993 afforded the opportunity to assess the combined effects using a 2x2 factorial design.

Parent Publication

Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium

Citation

Wink, Robert A.; Allen, Douglas C. 1999. The effects of defoliation and thinning on the dieback, mortality, and growth of sugar maple in the Tug Hill Region of New York. In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 92.