Prescribed fire in pine stands, tree mortality and the response of insects and pathogens: Fire injury can kill older pine trees outright, creating breeding material for bark and wood boring beetles. Fire can also injure needles and wound portions of stems and major roots, resulting in stressed or damaged trees that are not only highly susceptible to insect or pathogen invasion but may also be highly attractive to some insects. Dead roots and patches of damaged bark, cambium and phloem tissue may impact tree health well into the future. Prescribed burns in both red and white pine stands in…
Resource
Prescribed fire in pine stands, tree mortality and the response of insects and pathogens
Prescribed fire in pine stands, tree mortality and the response of insects and pathogens: Fire injury can kill older pine trees outright, creating breeding material for bark and wood boring beetles. Fire can also injure needles and wound portions of stems and major roots,…