Forest Health and Scientific Publications
CONDITION REPORTS & GENERAL TOPICS
Forest Insect & Disease Conditions in the Southwestern Region
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Forest Health Monitoring in the Interior West: A Baseline Summary of Forest Issues, 1996-1991 , RMRS-GTR-75, May 2001 (PDF, 2.5 mb)
Strategy for Long-Term Management of Exotic Trees in Riparian Areas for New Mexico’s Five River Systems, 2005-2014 (Draft version, March 2004)
Produced by the New Mexico Interagency Weed Action Group (IWAG), an ad-hoc group representing numerous state and federal resource management agencies involved in weed management. [External Link]
Best Predictors for Postfire Mortality of Ponderosa Pine Trees in the Intermountain West , 2006, Forest Science 52:718-228 (PDF, 955 kb)
ENTOMOLOGY
Arizona Fivespined Ips, Ips lecontei Swaine, in the Southwestern United States , Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 116, December 2008 (PDF, 529 kb)
Bark Beetle-Caused Mortality in a Drought-Affected Ponderosa Pine Landscape in Arizona, USA , 2009, Forest Ecology and Management 275(4):1353-1362
Bark Beetle Responses to Vegetation Management Treatments , 2009, in General Technical Report PNW-GTR-784: 25-38
Development of Post-Fire Crown Damage Mortality Thresholds in Ponderosa Pine , 2010, International Journal of Wildland Fire 19:583-588.
Effects of Mechanical Fuel Reduction Treatments on the Activity of Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Infesting Ponderosa Pine , 2006, Forest Ecology 230:55-68
Engraver Beetles in Southwestern Pines (5/2003) (PDF, 73kb)
Evaluation of Funnel Traps for Characterizing the Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Communities in Ponderosa Pine Forests of North-Central Arizona , 2008, Journal of Economic Entomology 101(4):1253-1265
Evaluation of Insecticides for Protecting Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica) and One-Seed Juniper (Juniperus monosperma ) from Attack by Phloeosinus Bark Beetles, 2007, Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 33(3)162-167 (PDF, 6.9 mb)
Evaluation of Insecticides for Protecting Southwestern Ponderosa Pines from Attack by Engraver Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) , 2006, Journal of Economic Entomology 99:393-400
Factors influencing pine engraver (Ips pini Say) colonization of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex. Laws.) slash in Northern Arizona , 2008, Forest Ecology and Management 255:3541-3548
Influence of Elevation on Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) Community Structure and Flight Periodicity in Pondersa Pine Forests of Arizona , 2008, Environmental Entolomology 37(1):94-109
Influence of Temperature on Spring Flight Initiation for Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Bark Bettles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scholytinae) , 2008, Environmental Entomology 37(1):57-69
Integrated Pest Management Guide: Arizona Five-Spined Ips and Pine Engraver (7/1991) (PDF, 2.3 mb)
Lack of Genetic Differentiation in Aggressive and Secondary Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from Arizona , 2008, Environmental Entomology 37(3):817-824
Managing Slash to Minimize Colonization of Residual Trees by Ips and Other Bark Beetle Species Following Thinning in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine , The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Mountain pine beetle voltinism and life history characteristics across latitudinal and elevational gradients in the western United States . 2014. Forest Science 60(3):434-449.
Prescribed Fire Effects on Bark Beetle Activity and Tree Mortality in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests , 2008, Forest Ecology and Management 255:119-128
Retrospective Assessment of Partial Cutting to Reduce Spruce Beetle-Caused Mortality in the Southern Rocky Mountains , 2010, Western Journal of Applied Forestry 25:81-87
Synergistic Effects of alpha-pinene and exo -brevicomin on Pine Bark Beetles and Associated Insects in Arizona , 2008, Journal of Applied Entomology 132:387-397
Oystershell scale: An emerging invasive threat to aspenin the southwestern US , 2021
Oystershell Scale: An Invasive Threat to Aspen Conservation , WAA Brief #8: May 2022
PATHOLOGY
Aspen Decline on the Coconino National Forest , 2008, In Proceedings of the 55th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2007 October 15-19 (PDF, 1.4 mb)
Comparison of Dwarf Mistletoe Behavior and Stand Development in Treated and Untreated Areas: 10-Year Monitoring on Jarista Mesa , R3-03-02, June 2003 (PDF, 262 kb)
Decay and Discoloration of Aspen , Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 149, May 2009 (PDF, 473 kb)
Development of the White Pine Blister Rust Outbreak in New Mexico , R3-04-01, February 2004 (PDF, 449 kb)
Dwarf Mistletoes and their Management in the Southwest , R3-FH-10-01, May 2010 (PDF, 2.3 mb)
Dwarf Mistletoe Management and Forest Health in the Southwest , April 2000 (PDF, 481 kb)
Effects of Three Prescribed Fires on Dwarf Mistletoe Infection in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine , R3-01-02, Revised March 2005 (PDF, 717 kb)
Heterobasidion annosum and H. parviporum in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Adjoining States , 2010, Plant Disease 94:115-118
Molecular characterization of Fusarium species associated with damping-off of conifer seedlings in tree nurseries , 2020, In Proceedings of the 66th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2019 June 3-7
Molecular identification and characterization of root disease pathogens in the western USA , 2020, In Proceedings of the 66th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference, 2019 June 3-7
Populus tremuloides Mortality Near the Southwestern Edge of its Range , 2012, Forest Ecology and Management 282:196-207
Survival and Sanitation of Dwarf Mistletoe-Infected Ponderosa Pine Following Prescribed Underburning , 2008, Western Journal of Applied Forestry 23(4):216-22
White Pines, Blister Rust, and Management in the Southwest , R3-FH-09-01, March 2009 (PDF, 2.8 mb)
Whitetail Dwarf Mistletoe Control Project: An Uneven-Age Management Case Study , R3-FH-11-01, September 2011 (PDF, 216 kb)
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