Herbivory, disease, and mortality of sugar maple seedlings

From: Northeastern Naturalist | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT - Numerous insect herbivores and leaf pathogens influenced seedling establishment of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) in six forests in central New York. The pear thrips (Taeniothrips inconsequens), an introduced pest of maples and orchard trees, was the primary mortality factor for seedlings in a sugar maple stand, although overstory defoliation by thrips was minor. At both sites where mortality was monitored, many emerging seedlings were killed in early spring by tortricid caterpillars, especially Clepsis melaleucana. Leaves of older seedlings were damaged by various caterpillars, ...

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