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Entomology

Research in this area focuses on

• studying forest insects, their physiology and life cycles, to better understand how to control outbreaks and manage population levels; and
• developing biological pesticides and alternative controls.

Studies and Research Projects

• British Columbia Natural Disturbance Database
   
• Conifer Defoliating Insects of British Columbia
   
• Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks on Lodgepole Pine Stand and Woody Debris Dynamics
   
• Exotic insect interceptions from wooden dunnage and packing material
   
• Exotic Wood-boring Beetles in British Columbia: Interceptions and Establishments
   
• Forest Health in Canada
   
• Gypsy Moth - Forest Pest Leaflet #75
   
• HForest: Hypermedia Forest Insect and Disease Knowledge Base and Diagnosis
   
• Meeting Landscape-level Objectives with Mature and Aging Lodgepole Pine: "Beetle-Proofing" Research in the East Kootenays
   
• Mountain Pine Beetle
   
• Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative
   
• Pest Data Archives for BC
   
• Screening Spruce for Weevil Resistance
   
• Spruce Budworm: Impacts of the Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) in the Boreal Forest of British Columbia
   
• The White Pine Weevil

National Research Portal : Entomology