Effects of Climatic Stress Upon Outbreaks of the Southern Pine Beetle
Kalkstein LS. 1976. Effects of Climatic Stress Upon Outbreaks of the Southern Pine Beetle. Environmental Entomology. 5(4):653-658
Correlated southern pine beetle activity with weather and created a model which allows for outbreak predictions. Successfully predicted a July, 1973 outbreak. Study focused on the are of the Preserve (Polk, Hardin and Tyler Counties, TX).
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Kalkstein, Laurence
- Units
- BITH
- Keywords
- Big Thicket TX, Management, Modeling, Southern Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis), Weather