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The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

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Chapter 2: Current and Historical Trends in Use, Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands-Metric Unit Data
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis

Table 19. Average area affected by selected insects and diseases, by region of the Eastern U.S., 1986-1997¹.

	Gypsy	Southern	Spruce	Fusiform
	moth	pine beetle	budworm	rust
	(1000 ha/yr)
Region
Northeast	640.3	0.0	31.1	0.0
North Central	97.1	0.0	105.5	0.0
Southeast	149.2	1,275.3	0.0	2,357.9
South Central	0.0	3,306.5	0.0	1,578.6
Total	886.6	4,581.8	136.6	3,936.5
¹ From USDA Forest Service reports.

Users of these tables are kindly requested to cite their source:
Birdsey, Richard A.; Lewis, George M. 2002. Current and Historical Trends in Use,
Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands. IN: Kimble, John et al. (eds.),
The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect.
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. XXX p.

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