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  • Climatological Forecasts of Southern Pine Beetle Infestations*
  • James B. Campbell (bio) and Kenard E. Smith (bio)
James B. Campbell

Dr. Campbell is Assistant Professor of Geography at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA 24061.

Kenard E. Smith

Dr. Smith is Senior Area Research Analyst, Dayton Hudson Corporation in Minneapolis, MN 55402.

Footnotes

(1) Personal communication, T. L. Payne (Research Coordinator, Southern Pine Beetle Research and Applications Program), Annual Program Meeting, April 4-7, 1978, Metairie, La.

(2) James C. Kroll and Hershel C. Reeves, "A Simple Model for Predicting Annual Numbers of Southern Pine Beetle Infestations in East Texas," Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, Vol. 2 (1976), pp. 62-64; Laurence Saul Kalkstein, A Method to Determine Relationships Between Climate and Outbreaks of the Southern Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus Frontalis Zimm.). Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University. Abstract in Dissertation Abstracts International, Vol. 36A (1975), pp. 539-540; Laurence S. Kalkstein, "The Effect of Climate Upon Outbreaks of the Southern Pine Beetle," Publications in Climatology, Vol. 28 (1974), 65 pp.; Laurence S. Kalkstein, "Effects of Climatic Stress Upon Outbreaks of the Southern Pine Beetle," Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 5 (1976), pp. 653-658.

(3) Robert C. Thatcher, "Bark Beetles Affecting Southern Pines: A Review of Current Knowledge," Southern Forest Experiment Station, Occasional Paper 180, 1960, Pineville, La., p. 5.

(4) Thatcher, footnote 3, p. 5.

(5) Martin C. Birch, "Chemical Communication in Pine Bark Beetles," The American Scientist, Vol. 66 (1978), pp. 409-419; Robert N. Coulson, Thomas L. Payne, Jack E. Coster, and Mark E. Houseweart, "The Southern Pine Beetle Dendroctonus Frontalis Zimm. (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) 1961-1971," Texas Forest Service, Publication 108, 1972, College Station, Texas, pp. 11-14; J. E. Coster, T. L. Payne, E. R. Hart, and L. J. Edson, "Aggregation of the Southern Pine Beetle in Response to Attractive Host Trees," Environmental Entomology, Vol. 6 (1977), pp. 725-731.

(6) C. A. Doggett, "Foliage Coloration Changes in Loblolly Pine During Southern Pine Beetle Attack," Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 64 (1971), pp. 1298-1299.

(7) Adil M. Mayyasi, Robert N. Coulson, John L. Foltz, and Aubrey E. Harvey, "A Quality Control Approach to the Evaluation of Survey Sampling Procedures for the Southern Pine Beetle," Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 68 (1975), pp. 336-338.

(8) Southern Pine Beetle Status and Suppression Report (mimeographed), issued monthly by the Arkansas Forestry Commission, Little Rock, during periods of infestation. Mr. James Northum, Arkansas Forestry Commission, was most helpful in providing these data and information on survey procedures.

(9) A. Hedlund and J. M. Earles, Forest Statistics for Arkansas Counties (New Orleans: Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1970), 52 pp.

(10) Data for North Carolina were provided by Mr. Coleman Doggett, Pest Control Forester, North Carolina Forest Service, Raleigh. Information on survey procedures is documented in the Pest Control Handbook (Raleigh: North Carolina Forest Service, Department of Natural and Economic Resources, 1972) (mimeographed).

(11) Noel D. Cost, Forest Statistics for the Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1973 (Asheville, N.C.: Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1974) (USDA Forest Service Resource Bulletin SE-26), 34 pp.; Noel D. Cost, Forest Statistics for the Mountain Region of North Carolina, 1974 (Asheville, N.C.: Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, 1975) (USDA Forest Service Resource Bulletin SE-31), 33 pp.

(12) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data Service. 19—. Climatological Data. (Asheville, N.C.: National Climatic Center) (published monthly, by state).

(13) See Kalkstein, footnote 2, and Kroll and Reeves, footnote 2.

(14) John Ernest Bremer, "Laboratory Studies on the Biology and Ecology of the Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm.," Unpublished M.S. thesis, Texas A & M University (1967), 52 pp.; Grant C. Gaumer and R. I. Gara, "Effects of Phloem Temperature and Moisture Content on Development of the Southern Pine Beetle," Contributions from the Boyce Thompson Institute, Vol. 23 (1967), pp. 373-377; J. A. Beal, "Temperature Extremes as a Factor in the Ecology of the Southern Pine Beetle," Journal of Forestry, Vol. 31 (1933), p. 331; W. D. Fronk, "The Southern Pine Beetle: Its Life History," (Blacksburg, Va.: Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Technical Bulletin 108, 1947), p. 9.

(15) Peter L. Lorio, Jr...

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