The following is a list of citations, links and abstracts of peer reviewed studies on woody invasive species of concern in the Great Lakes Region and their management, published between July 1 and December 31, 2021. You may be able to receive a personal-use copy of any copyrighted article by contacting the primary author. Subscribe […]
Celebrating OAKtober
Did you know that the U.S. has a national tree? I actually didn’t before I started researching for this post, and unlike Canada, we don’t make it super-obvious by putting it on our national flag! Back in 2004, following a public poll by The Arbor Day Foundation, Congress passed legislation establishing “the mighty oak” (all […]
Woody Invasive Research Digest, 2nd Quarter 2021
The following is a list of citations, links and abstracts of peer reviewed studies on woody invasive species of concern in the Great Lakes Region and their management, published between April 1 and June 30, 2021. You may be able to receive a personal-use copy of any copyrighted article by contacting the primary author. Subscribe […]
Woody Invasive Research Digest, 1st Quarter 2021
The following is a list of citations, links and abstracts of peer reviewed studies on woody invasive species of concern in the Great Lakes Region and their management, published between January 1 and March 31, 2021. You may be able to receive a personal-use copy of any copyrighted article by contacting the primary author. Subscribe […]
Examining the Relationship between Spotted Lanternfly and Tree-of-Heaven
The invasive pest spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) likely arrived in the United States as an egg mass hitchhiking on building stone imported from Asia to Southeastern Pennsylvania. The pest was discovered in 2014 when a forester observed adult lanternflies massing on the trunks of tree-of-heaven close to building stone company’s lot. Tree-of-heaven is itself an invasive import […]