Climate change and the risks of Neodiprion sertifer outbreaks on Scots pine.

• Main Authors: Virtanen, Tarmo, Neuvonen, Seppo, Nikula, Ari, Varama, Martti, Niemelä, Pekka
• Other Authors: The Finnish Society of Forest Science, Suomen metsätieteellinen seura, Finlands Forstvetenskapliga Samfund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Finnish Society of Forest Science and The Finnish Forest Research Institute 2009
• Subjects: Pinus sylvestris; Neodiprion sertifer; population growth; climatic change; cold; temperature resistance; mänty; mäntypistiäinen; tuhohyönteiset; ilmastonmuutokset; kylmänkestävyys; talvi; lämpötila; Mänty; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1975/9229

Part I Climate Change The European Pine Sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer) is one of the most serious defoliators of Scots pine in northern Europe. We studied the pattern in the regional occurrence of the outbreaks of N. sertifer in Finland in years 1961–90, and made predictions about the outbreak pattern...