Citizen science can enhance strategies to detect and manage invasive forest pests and pathogens

JM Hulbert, RA Hallett, HE Roy… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Incorporating a citizen science approach into biological invasion management strategies
can enhance biosecurity. Many citizen science projects exist to strengthen the management …

The global forest health crisis: A public-good social dilemma in need of international collective action

GM Williams, MD Ginzel, Z Ma… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Society is confronted by interconnected threats to ecological sustainability. Among these is
the devastation of forests by destructive non-native pathogens and insects introduced …

Spread management priorities to limit emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) impacts on United States street trees

EJ Hudgins, JO Hanson… - … Science and Practice, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The invasive emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) causes damage to street trees which
is estimated to reach US 900millionoverthenext30years.Althoughmillionsofdollarsarespentannuallyt …

Firewood transport as a vector of forest pest dispersal in North America: a sco** review

A Solano, SL Rodriguez, L Greenwood… - Journal of Economic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Native and nonnative insects and diseases can result in detrimental impacts to trees and
forests, including the loss of economic resources and ecosystem services. Increases in …

Public transport of firewood across the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, United States of America: origin, destination, woody taxa, and reasons for transporting firewood

RA Haack, TR Petrice - The Canadian Entomologist, 2021 - cambridge.org
Transporting firewood can spread plant pests such as the emerald ash borer, Agrilus
planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), which was discovered in Lower Michigan …

Quantifying firewood-transmitted forest pests at their source: an analysis of insects within a northern Colorado firewood processing facility

G Snyder - mountainscholar.org
Urban and rural forests are subject to outbreaks from forest pests of native and foreign
origin. Firewood is one of the primary dispersal agents of forest pests such as insects …