RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Tree Stress and the Bronze Birch Borer JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) JO JOA FD International Society of Arboriculture SP 289 OP 290 DO 10.48044/jauf.1990.063 VO 16 IS 11 A1 Frank S. Santamour, Jr YR 1990 UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/16/11/289.abstract AB Fast-growing, white-barked birches are more likely to suffer from drought stress, when water demand exceeds water supply, than slow-growing trees. Artificial watering and fertilization may postpone stress, and subsequent attack by the bronze birch borer, for as long as those practices are continued. Branch damage by other insects, as well as excessive trimming, may cause sufficient localized stress to trigger oviposition by the borers.