The search is on for lingering ash, those rare trees that have managed to survive the deadly onslaught of the emerald ash borer. Finding them in the forest is like looking for a needle in the haystack, but the University ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 2, 2020
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Bad news in the bug department: The emerald ash borer, a tiny, glitter-green insect from China expected to kill virtually all ash trees in the eastern U.S. - unless they are treated with expensive chemicals - may have a new ...
Ecology
Nov 10, 2014
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As invasive forest pests such as emerald ash borer and Asian long-horned beetle decimate forests they never should have seen, scientists are investigating ways to slow the introduction of new insects that may be just as devastating.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2011
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A new study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology reports that live insects were found in 47% of firewood bundles purchased from big box stores, gas stations and grocery stores in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and ...
Ecology
Oct 8, 2012
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Since the 1990s, scientists have been predicting that North American tree species will disappear from portions of their ranges within the next 50 to 100 years because of projected changes in climate. A new study led by Penn ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2022
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In a towering forest of centuries-old eastern hemlocks, it's easy to miss one of the tree's nemeses. No larger than a speck of pepper, the Hemlock woolly adelgid spends its life on the underside of needles sucking sap, eventually ...
Environment
Dec 7, 2016
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Five years ago, a Michigan Technological University entomologist set loose a swarm of tiny wasps in the woods around Calumet, Mich. His aim: to combat the invasion of a shiny, green beetle deadly to America's ash trees. Now ...
Ecology
Sep 16, 2015
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As the emerald ash borer ravages North American ash trees, threatening the trees' very survival, a team of entomologists and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the pests.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2013
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New research findings could help scientists control the emerald ash borer, an invasive pest ravaging native ash trees in North America.
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2022
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The sounds of chainsaws and woodchippers and the sights of stands of dead trees have become more familiar in recent years across Connecticut. Forests are under stress and are being lost—an average of 13 acres of forests ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2022
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