How fast will trees die? A transition matrix model of ash decline in forest stands infested by emerald ash borer

Kathleen Knight; Robert P. Long; Joanne Rebbeck; Annemarie Smith; Kamal Gandhi; Daniel A. Herms

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How fast will trees die? A transition matrix model of ash decline in forest stands infested by emerald ash borer

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Authors:

Kathleen Knight, Robert P. Long, Joanne Rebbeck, Annemarie Smith, Kamal Gandhi, Daniel A. Herms

Year:

2008

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Mastro, Victor; Lance, David; Reardon, Richard; Parra, Gregory, comps. Emerald ash borer research and development meeting; 2007 October 23-24; Pittsburgh, PA. FHTET 2008-07. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team: 28-29.

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Abstract

We recorded Fraxinus spp. tree health and other forest stand characteristics for 68 plots in 21 EAB-infested forest stands in Michigan and Ohio in 2005 and 2007. Fraxinus spp. were a dominant component of these stands, with more than 900 ash trees (including Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Fraxinus profunda, and Fraxinus nigra) monitored at different sites.

Citation

Knight, Kathleen S.; Long, Robert P.; Rebbeck, Joanne; Smith, Annemarie; Gandhi, Kamal; Herms, Daniel A. 2008. How fast will trees die? A transition matrix model of ash decline in forest stands infested by emerald ash borer. In: Mastro, Victor; Lance, David; Reardon, Richard; Parra, Gregory, comps. Emerald ash borer research and development meeting; 2007 October 23-24; Pittsburgh, PA. FHTET 2008-07. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team: 28-29.