Development of appropriate methodologies for sampling gypsy moth populations in moderately sized urban parks and other wooded public lands

K. W. Thorpe; R. L. Ridgway; R. E. Webb

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Development of appropriate methodologies for sampling gypsy moth populations in moderately sized urban parks and other wooded public lands

Informally Refereed

Authors:

K. W. Thorpe, R. L. Ridgway, R. E. Webb

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

IN: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twery, Mark J.; Smith, Shirley I., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990; East Windsor, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-146. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 48.

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Abstract

Egg mass survey data from operational gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) management programs in five Maryland county parks and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) have demonstrated that improved survey protocols are needed to increase the precision and accuracy of the surveys.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, U. S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990

Citation

Thorpe, K. W.; Ridgway, R. L.; Webb, R. E. 1991. Development of appropriate methodologies for sampling gypsy moth populations in moderately sized urban parks and other wooded public lands. IN: Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Twery, Mark J.; Smith, Shirley I., eds. Proceedings, U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency gypsy moth research review 1990; East Windsor, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-146. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 48.