and the trees are better-known for having been decimated by Dutch elm disease, a fungal infection spread by elm bark beetles. (For quick identification of four elm species by their samara ...

Led by Dr. Samuli Junttila, associate professor of forest health and Earth observation, a team of researchers conducted dendrometer measurements of 26 bark beetle-infested and 31 healthy spruce ...

all the ash trees on the property in one bad year of a elm bark beetle infestation, and a mammoth silver maple tree near the house — the oldest tree on the property that had given the property ...

A recent study published in Forest Ecosystems explores how different management strategies affect beetle diversity in spruce plantations severely impacted by bark beetle outbreaks. The research ...

Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Led by Dr Samuli Junttila ...