>My name is Kerry Bearg and I am an undergraduate forestry stundent at
>Washington State University. In order for me to graduate, I have to submit
>a land management proposal pertaining to a topic in my respective
>profession. My topic is the spruce budworm and its defoliation on the fir
One of my favourite little pests this Choristoneura fumiferana! I
assume you have sorted throught he small libraries of publications on this
beasty and found "Managing trees and stands susceptible to western spruce
budworm" USDA-FS Coop State Res. Service Tech Bull. # 1695 of 1985?
>species. Especially douglas-fir. Any information that you may have would
>be very valuble to my research. If you have any information or leads, it
>would be greatly appreciated if you could relay them to me. Please send
>information to:
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>kbearg@mail.wsu.edu
Hope the ref helps. The big question is, how does forest management change
an insect's status so that it becomes a huge killer of trees rather than a
(moderated) member of the natural folivores?
Cheers
Don
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>Kerry Bearg
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Dr Don Ewart d.ewart@poboxes.com http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~dewart
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