Southern Pine Beetle Infestations in Relation to Forest Stand Conditions, Previous Thinning, and Prescribed Burning: Evaluation of the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program

Nowak, John T.; Meeker, James R.; Coyle, David R.; Steiner, Chris A.; Brownie, Cavell

doi:10.5849/jof.15-002

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“…When adequate supporting data, political will, legal authority, and financial resources are available, proactive management strategies tend to favor silvicultural treatments that focus on reducing the susceptibility of forests to bark beetle infestations (DeRose and Long 2014; Nowak et al 2015). Many studies have demonstrated the importance of relative stand density to characterize host competition that ultimately stresses trees and increases host suitability to bark beetle reproduction and population growth (Fettig et al 2007).…”

Section: Managing Stand Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bark beetles as agents of change in social–ecological systems

Morris

Cottrell

Fettig

et al. 2018

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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Due to recent outbreaks of native bark beetles, forest ecosystems have experienced substantial changes in landscape structure and function, which also affect nearby human populations. As a result, land managers have been tasked with sustaining ecosystem services in impacted areas by considering the best available science, public perceptions, and monitoring data to develop strategies to suppress bark beetle epidemics, and in some cases to restore affected lands and ecosystem services. The effects of bark beetle outbreaks are often detrimental to the provision of ecosystem services, including degraded landscape aesthetics and diminished air and water quality. However, there have been instances where bark beetle outbreaks have benefited communities by, for example, improving habitat for grazing animals and enhancing real-estate values. As a consequence of the interaction of a warming climate and susceptible forest stand conditions, the frequency, severity, and extent of bark beetle outbreaks are expected to increase and therefore will continue to challenge many social-ecological systems. We synthesize experiences from recent outbreaks to encourage knowledge transfer from previously impacted communities to potentially vulnerable locations that may be at risk from future bark beetle epidemics.

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Section: Managing Stand Conditionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bark beetles as agents of change in social–ecological systems

Morris

Cottrell

Fettig

et al. 2018

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

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“…Biologists (Hofstetter, Cronin, Klepzig, Moser, & Ayres, 2006;Vasanthakumar et al, 2006) have studied the individual SPB infestation behavior, while forest entomologists (Fargo, Coulson, Pulley, Pope, & Kelley, 1978;Staeben, Sullivan, Nowak, & Gandhi, 2015;Strom, Meeker, Bishir, Roberds, & Wan, 2016) have studied the SPB outbreaks at the stand scale. In addition, SPB outbreaks across tree stands and at the landscape level have been evaluated (Niemiec, Lutz, & Howarth, 2014;Nowak, Meeker, Coyle, Steiner, & Brownie, 2015). However, not until recently have the broadscale SPB outbreaks been recognized as an important indicator to measure the SPB hazard for large spatial units, such as a county.…”

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How to fight against southern pine beetle epidemics: An insurance approach

Chen

Goodwin

Prestemon

2018

Canadian J Agri Economics

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The southern pine beetle (SPB) is among the leading biological agents killing southern pine species in the eastern United States. In light of recognized spatiotemporal autocorrelation in SPB outbreaks, we devise a spatiotemporal block bootstrapping method that can be applied to analyze spatiotemporally dependent infestations. We also identify the relevant risk determinants and evaluate their impacts on the frequency of SPB outbreaks. For example, we find forest type, climate, and natural disasters like storm and forest management are all significantly associated with SPB risks. Using the results of a statistical model, we design a county‐level group index insurance plan that generates estimates of actuarially fair premium rates for timber stands containing southern pine species. Given that no government‐provided compensation scheme for SPB epidemics currently exists, application of this new insurance product could reduce forest owners losses. Our study offers an approach to analyzing and protecting against risks of other destructive pests affecting the timber sector.

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“…For example, southern pine beetle (SPB) in its traditional range has become less of a pest than any time in many decades (Clarke et al 2016). This is at least partly because of the success of detection, suppression, and prevention programs (Nowak et al 2015). Furthermore, it must be that climate change is producing weather that is less suitable than before for some pests in some places (e.g., the warm parts of historical distributions when the physiological model of climatic envelopes applies (T-13).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…2). Some positive examples of assessments in forest pest management include Lewis et al (1984), Clarke and Billings (2003), Hurley et al (2007), and Nowak et al (2015). The mallard example illustrates a powerful tactic for learning from experience as rapidly as possible.…”

Section: Adaptive Management and Adaptive Sciencementioning

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Forest pests and their management in the Anthropocene

Ayres

Lombardero

2018

Can. J. For. Res.

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Forest managers are facing unprecedented challenges from rapid changes in forest pests. The core causes are changes in climate, land use, and global distributions of organisms. Due to invasions and range expansions by pests, and propagation of nonnative trees, managers are increasingly confronted with pest problems outside their range of experience. There is a need to adapt pest management practices more quickly and efficiently than is possible when managers work in isolation and mainly learn by trial and error. Here we identify general tactics for adaptation of forest pest management in the Anthropocene: growth and application of practical theory; improved biosecurity against future invasions; improved monitoring, prediction, and mitigation; increased sharing of knowledge among regions, countries, and continents; management plans that anticipate continuing change; improved assessment of costs, benefits, and risks of possible responses to new potential pests; assessment of system responses to pest management decisions so that subsequent decisions are increasingly better informed; and improved understanding of the couplings between forests, forest management, and socioeconomic systems. Examples of success in forest management can aid in other sectors (e.g., agriculture, pastoralism, fisheries, and water resources) that are similarly important to our environmental security and similarly challenged by global change.Key words: adaptive management, Anthropocene, climate change, forest pests, forest management. Résumé :Les aménagistes forestiers font face à des défis sans précédent à cause des changements rapides chez les ravageurs forestiers. Les principales causes sont les changements climatiques, l'utilisation des terres et la distribution mondiale des organismes. À cause de l'invasion et de l'expansion de l'aire de répartition des ravageurs ainsi que de la propagation des espèces d'arbres exotiques, les gestionnaires sont de plus en plus confrontés à des problèmes phytosanitaires auxquels ils ne sont pas habitués. On doit adapter les pratiques de gestion des ravageurs plus rapidement et efficacement qu'il est possible de le faire lorsque les gestionnaires travaillent encore en vase clos et apprennent surtout par essais et erreurs. Dans cet article, nous identifions des tactiques générales pour adapter la gestion des ravageurs forestiers dans à l'ère de l'anthropocène : croissance et application de la théorie applicable; meilleure biosécurité face aux invasions futures; amélioration du suivi, des prévisions et des mesures d'atténuation; augmentation du partage des connaissances entre les régions, les pays et les continents; plans d'aménagement qui anticipent le changement continu; meilleure évaluation des coûts, des bénéfices et des risques des réactions possibles face aux nouveaux ravageurs potentiels; évaluation des réactions du système aux décisions de gestion des ravageurs de telle sorte que les décisions ultérieures soient de mieux en mieux éclairées; et meilleure compréhension des relations entre le...

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Southern Pine Beetle Infestations in Relation to Forest Stand Conditions, Previous Thinning, and Prescribed Burning: Evaluation of the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program

Cited by 46 publications

References 40 publications

Bark beetles as agents of change in social–ecological systems

Bark beetles as agents of change in social–ecological systems

How to fight against southern pine beetle epidemics: An insurance approach

Forest pests and their management in the Anthropocene

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