Forest health conditions in North America

Tkacz, Borys; Moody, Ben; Villa Castillo, Jamie; Fenn, Mark E.

Forest health conditions in North America

2008

Tkacz, Borys | Moody, Ben | Villa Castillo, Jamie | Fenn, Mark E.

Some of the greatest forest health impacts in North America are caused by invasive forest insects and pathogens (e.g., emerald ash borer and sudden oak death in the US), by severe outbreaks of native pests (e.g., mountain pine beetle in Canada), and fires exacerbated by changing climate. Ozone and N and S pollutants continue to impact the health of forests in several regions of North America. Long-term monitoring of forest health indicators has facilitated the assessment of forest health and sustainability in North America. By linking a nationwide network of forest health plots with the more extensive forest inventory, forest health experts in the US have evaluated current trends for major forest health indicators and developed assessments of future risks. Canada and Mexico currently lack nationwide networks of forest health plots. Development and expansion of these networks is critical to effective assessment of future forest health impacts.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

environmental impact environmental monitoring forest ecology forest health forest pests indigenous species insect pests invasive species north america plant pests sustainable forestry

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

Environmental pollution

Volume 155 Numéro 3 Pagination 409 - 425 ISSN 0269-7491

D'autres materias

Pests of plants (insects and other arthropods); Forest injuries and protection; Conservation and wildlife; Tree diseases; Forest inventory; Plant diseases (fungi); Forestry related; Plant pathogens; Pest outbreaks

Langue

anglais

Note

In the special issue: forests under anthropogenic pressure-effects of air pollution, climate change and urban development / edited by a. bytnerowicz, m. arbaugh, m. fenn, b. sanchez gimeno and e. paoletti.

Paper presented at the 22nd bi-annual meeting of the international union of forest research organizations (iufro) research group 7.01 “impacts of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems”, held september 10-16, 2006, riverside, california.

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Type

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DOI https://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/21594

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