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FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
卷 341, 期 -, 页码 67-74出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.12.018
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Adelges tsugae; Eastern hemlock; Tsuga canadensis; Beech bark disease; Fagus grandifolia; Growth and mortality rates
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While invasions of individual non-native phytophagous insect species are known to affect growth and mortality of host trees, little is known about how multiple invasions combine to alter forest dynamics over large regions. In this study we integrate geographical data describing historical invasion spread of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae, and beech scale, Cryptococcus fagisuga, with regional forest inventory data collected by the US Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis program to quantify the individual and combined impacts of these pest species. This analysis indicates that regional impacts of these insects on their hosts occur surprisingly slow but act to change regional forest succession pathways. Because beech and hemlock commonly co-occur in eastern North American forests, invasions by the two pest species are altering the current and future composition of large forest regions through their impacts on these two late-successional species. Such results demonstrate how forest insect invasions can profoundly modify forest dynamic processes, resulting in long-term changes in forest ecosystems. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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