Résumé :
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A compendium of information obtained during the USDA Combined Forest Pest Research and Development Program. There are 12 chapters with sections by various authors: Host stand biology and ecology; Biology of the insect; Population ecology (including modelling); Ecological effects (foliage damage, tree injury, the effects of defoliation on energetics, interactions with bark beetles, and models of foliage dynamics, tree damage and long-range stand response); Outbreak detection and evaluation; Population management - chemical control (with sections on insecticides and their registration, pheromones, and environmental safety); Population management - microbial control (viruses and Bacillus thuringiensis); Aerial application technology; Forest management considerations (including the interpretation and reduction of hazard); Socioeconomic evaluation; Model integration; and The pest management system. A summary and recommendations, glossary, 4 appendices (including Diseases and insect pests of major host species and Predators and parasites of the Douglas-fir tussock moth), and an index are included.
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