Forest insects and climate change

DS Pureswaran, A Roques, A Battisti - Current Forestry Reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Climate change affects populations of forest insect pests in a
number of ways. We reviewed the most recent literature (2013–2017) on this subject …

Biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid in North America: history, status, and outlook

AE Mayfield III, TD Bittner, NJ Dietschler, JS Elkinton… - Biological Control, 2023 - Elsevier
The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA, Adelges tsugae, Hemiptera: Adelgidae) is an invasive
insect that threatens the ability to maintain eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and …

Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities

AR Contosta, NJ Casson, S Garlick… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Winter is an understudied but key period for the socioecological systems of northeastern
North American forests. A growing awareness of the importance of the winter season to …

Establishment and postrelease recovery of Laricobius nigrinus and Laricobius osakensis (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), released for biological control of Adelges …

RS Crandall, JL Chandler, NJ Dietschler… - Environmental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae Annand, is a major forest pest in the
eastern United States responsible for killing millions of eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis …

Mortality and Recovery of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) in Response to Winter Temperatures and Predictions for the Future

TJ McAvoy, J Régnière, R St-Amant, NF Schneeberger… - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
Eastern (Tsuga canadensis) and Carolina hemlocks (T. caroliniana) of eastern North
America have been attacked by the non-native hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae …

Machine learning based attribution mapping of climate related discussions on social media

A Kaushal, A Acharjee, A Mandal - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
A united front from all the stakeholders including public, administration and academia alike
is required to counter the growing threat of climate change. The recent rise of social media …

Rebound of Adelges tsugae spring generation following predation on overwintering generation ovisacs by the introduced predator Laricobius nigrinus in the eastern …

RS Crandall, CS Jubb, AE Mayfield III, B Thompson… - Biological Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), has
devastated eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis [L.] Carriere) in a major portion of its native …

Overwintering diapause and survival of western Leucotaraxis argenticollis, a promising biological control agent for Adelges tsugae, in the eastern United States

NJ Dietschler, TD Bittner, NG Devine, A Mayfield III… - Biological Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Successful use of biological control agents can be improved with a thorough understanding
of the life history, survival, diapausing strategy, and synchrony with the host in the introduced …

Impact of the introduced predator, Laricobius nigrinus, on ovisacs of the overwintering generation of hemlock woolly adelgid in the eastern United States

CS Jubb, AR Heminger, AE Mayfield III, JS Elkinton… - Biological Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), is an
invasive pest causing significant mortality to eastern and Carolina hemlock in eastern North …

Assessing an integrated biological and chemical control strategy for managing hemlock woolly adelgid in southern Appalachian forests

KL Sumpter, TJ McAvoy, CC Brewster… - Forest Ecology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In the eastern United States, hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae
Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) is considered an invasive pest of eastern hemlocks; an …