[HTML][HTML] Tree moisure stress and insect damage in urban areas in relation to heat island effects

BM Cregg, ME Dix - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF), 2001 - auf.isa-arbor.com
We monitored crown air temperature, volumetric soil moisture, leaf water potential, rates of
gas exchange, and insect pests of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Marshall’s Seedless’), …

Impacts of nonnative invasive species on US forests and recommendations for policy and management

…, EL Barnard, RF Billings, SJ Crocker, ME Dix… - Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The introduction of nonnative invasive species (NNIS) into the United States has had
tremendous impacts on the nation's commercial and urban forest resources. Of principal concern …

Influences of trees on abundance of natural enemies of insect pests: a review

ME Dix, RJ Johnson, MO Harrell, RM Case… - Agroforestry …, 1995 - Springer
In this article we review the use of natural enemies in crop pest management and describe
research needed to better meet information needs for practical applications. Endemic natural …

[PDF][PDF] Invasive species and disturbances: current and future roles of forest service research and development

ME Dix, M Buford, J Slavicek… - A dynamic invasive …, 2010 - researchgate.net
The success of an invasive species is in large part due to favorable conditions resulting
from the complex interactions among natural and anthropogenic factors such as native and …

[PDF][PDF] Pest Management in Energy and Labor Intensive Agroforestry Systems

ME Dix, B Bishaw, SW Workman, MR Barnhart… - Sustainable Agricultural …, 1999 - Citeseer
Pests destroy more than 30% of the food, fiber, feed, and energy produced globally in
agricultural systems (James, 1989). To reduce these losses, producers annually expend nearly …

Insect management in windbreaks

ME Dix, D Leatherman - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 1988 - Elsevier
Insect pests of windbreaks and agricultural crops, their natural enemies and other beneficial
insects use windbreaks for food, protection, pupation sites and overwintering sites. …

Insect damage to conelets, second-year cones, and seeds of ponderosa pine in southeastern Nebraska

JE Pasek, M Ellen Dix - Journal of economic entomology, 1988 - academic.oup.com
Rhyacionia spp. and Retinia metallica (Busck) annually caused conelet losses (x ± SD) of
8.2 ± 3.0% and 5.4 ± 4.9%, respectively. Abortion and disappearance of conelets caused by …

Forest farming: An agroforestry practice

ME Dix, DB Hill, LE Buck, WJ Rietveld - 1997 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Most public and private forest lands of North America have been modified to varying degrees
from years of human activity. Certain high-value ‘non-timber forest products’ have been …

Evaluating spring cankerworm (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) preference for Siberian elm clones

ME Dix, RA Cunningham, RM King - Environmental entomology, 1996 - academic.oup.com
We evaluated the preferences of larval spring cankerworm, Paleacrita vernata (Peck), for 36
Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila L., clones in laboratory experiments. These clones were …