EFFECTIVENESS OF POLYETHYLENE SHEETING IN CONTROLLING SPRUCE BEETLES (COLEOPTERA, SCOLYTIDAE) IN INFESTED STACKS OF SPRUCE FIREWOOD IN ALASKA

Authors
HOLSTEN EH
Citation
Eh. Holsten, EFFECTIVENESS OF POLYETHYLENE SHEETING IN CONTROLLING SPRUCE BEETLES (COLEOPTERA, SCOLYTIDAE) IN INFESTED STACKS OF SPRUCE FIREWOOD IN ALASKA, Research paper PNW, (466), 1993, pp. 210000001-6
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Forestry
Journal title
Research paper PNW → ACNP
ISSN journal
08825165
Issue
466
Year of publication
1993
Pages
210000001 - 6
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-5165(1993):466<210000001:EOPSIC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Covering stacks of spruce firewood with either clear or black polyethy lene sheeting does not raise log temperatures high enough to kill spru ce beetle brood in the logs. Based on the results of this study, we do not recommend the use of polyethylene sheeting as a remedial measure for the reduction of spruce beetle brood in infested firewood or log d ecks in south-central Alaska.