FOREST PEST MANAGEMENT

John A. McLean, Ph.D., R.P.Bio.,

Bart Van der Kamp Ph.D.,

and

Adrian L. Behennah, B.Sc.

Faculty of Forestry
University of British Columbia

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
FOREST HEALTH FACTORS
	FIGURE 1. Health factors in BC forests
	Major forest health factor groupings
	Tree species & biogeoclimatic zones
	Forest health factor codes
	TABLE 1. Commercial tree species
	TABLE 2. Biogeoclimatic zones
	TABLE 3. FHF field codes
	TABLE 4. FHF incidences in BGC zones
IDENTIFICATION DIAGNOSIS OF FHFs
	Major info sources for ID of FHFs
	TABLE 5. Symptoms of FHFs
	TABLE 6. Wood damaging insects
	FIGURE 2. Wood boring beetles
FOREST HEALTH IN BC
	Management responsibilities
	The new FRPA
	Defined Forest Area Management
	Annual surveys of frst health
	Bark beetle management
	Use of pesticides
REFERENCES
	General references
	Additional internet resources
GLOSSARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	Downloadable PDF version of FOREST PEST MANAGEMENT CHAPTER

The web version of Forest Pest Management was created by Adrian Behennah, Aug 2004.
Most recent revision: 14 Dec 2004.