%0 Journal Article %A John Ball %T Response of the Bronze Birch Borer to Pruning Wounds on Paper Birch %D 1992 %R 10.48044/jauf.1992.056 %J Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) %P 294-297 %V 18 %N 6 %X Healthy appearing paper birch trees were pruned at the beginning of the bronze birch borer’s emergence period. Some wounds were left exposed while others were treated with a commercial wound dressing. Bronze birch borer adults, particularly females, were attracted to fresh pruning wounds on paper birch. Treating the pruning wounds with a wound dressing did not reduce the wound’s attractiveness to the borers. %U https://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/isa/18/6/294.full.pdf