Figure 1. (a) Dead and down pitch pines killed by southern pine beetle in the Pinelands National Reserve of New Jersey, and basal area of (b) live trees and (c) live saplings separated into pines (Pinus rigida, P. echinata, P. virginiana), oaks (Quercus alba, Q. prinus, Q. marlandica, Q. velutina, Q. stellata, Q. falcata, Q. bicolor), and other hardwoods (Acer rubra, Nyssa sylvatica, Carya glabra, Magnolia virginiana, Sassifrass albicaulis) in control, natural, and treated plots. | Snapshot : Invasive insects can kill trees, alter forest structure, impact hazardous fuel loads, and modify the trajectory of forest succession. Forest Service scientists and their partners investigated how invasive insects alter forest structure and composition in pine-dominated forests of the northeastern United States and how forest resilience to wildfire and other disturbances is affected.
Principal Investigators(s) : | Clark, Ken | | Research Location : Pinelands National Reserve, New Jersey | Research Station : Northern Research Station (NRS) | Year : 2017 | Highlight ID : 1228 |
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