Wood-boring insect abundance in fire-injured ponderosa pine

Sheryl L. Costello; Jose Negron; William R. Jacobi

doi:10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00531.x

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Wood-boring insect abundance in fire-injured ponderosa pine

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Authors:

Sheryl L. Costello, Jose Negron, William R. Jacobi

Year:

2011

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00531.x

Source:

Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 13: 373-381.

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Abstract

Wood-boring larvae in the families Cerambycidae and Buprestidae are often found in high densities in burned trees after wildland fires. They play an important role in tree decomposition, often reducing the value of salvageable timber, and represent an important avian food source.

Keywords

Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, fire severity, wood-boring insects, woodpeckers

Citation

Costello, Sheryl L.; Negron, Jose F.; Jacobi, William R. 2011. Wood-boring insect abundance in fire-injured ponderosa pine. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 13: 373-381.