Forest Entomology - Current Issues and Emerging Trends Across North America

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Royal Palm, Salon 3 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
David R. Coyle
Christopher J. Fettig
John T. Nowak
1:30 PM
Introduction:  8 years of forest entomology at the national ESA meeting
David R. Coyle, University of Georgia; Christopher J. Fettig, USDA, Forest Service; John T. Nowak, USDA - Forest Service
1:40 PM
Influence of thinning and establishment of balsam woolly adelgid on susceptibility of balsam fir stands to defoliators in eastern Canada
Dan Quiring, University of New Brunswick; Dorthea Grégoire, Canadian Forestry Service; Gaétan Moreau, University of Moncton; Lucie Royer, Canadian Forestry Service
2:00 PM
2:40 PM
Break 1
2:50 PM
Incidence of live bark- and wood-boring insects in firewood:  A survey at Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge
Robert A. Haack, USDA - Forest Service; Toby R. Petrice, USDA - Forest Service; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, USDA Forest Service
3:30 PM
3:50 PM
Break 2
4:00 PM
Bark beetles and management options in Central America
Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service; Stephen R. Clarke, USDA - Forest Service
4:20 PM
Changing forest conditions and Dendroctonus rhizophagus, a novel pine bark beetle, in the Mexico-U.S. transborder region
Jerry Hayes, USDA Forest Service; Ma. Guadalupe Mendoza, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas-IPN; Gerardo Zuñiga, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas-IPN; Christopher J. Fettig, USDA, Forest Service
4:40 PM
Invasive species and urban forest health
Timothy D. Paine, University of California
5:00 PM
Concluding remarks:  Forest entomology
David R. Coyle, University of Georgia; Christopher J. Fettig, USDA, Forest Service; John T. Nowak, USDA - Forest Service
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