Thinning Lodgepole Pine Increases Tree Vigor and Resistance to Mountain Pine Beetle

Thinned and unthinned stands of lodgepole pine in eastern Oregon were evaluated in 1980 to determine their vigor and susceptibility to attack by outbreak populations of the mountain pine beetle. Application of a vigor rating system, based on amount of stem growth per square meter of crown leaf area, showed that thinnings from below improved vigor of residual stand and reduced beetle attack. Beetle mortality was significant in unthinned and lightly thinned stands where current annual growth of stemwood of residual trees averaged less than 80 g/m2 of foliage. Stands with mean vigor ratings of about 100 were beginning to suffer beetle attack. There was no mortality in heavily thinned stands where vigor ratings exceeded 120. These findings suggest that lodgepole pine can be managed through stocking control to obtain fast-growing, large-diameter trees and to avoid attack by the mountain pine beetle. Forest Sci. 29:204-211.

• Publication year

  1983

• Venue

  Forestry sciences

• Publication date

  1983-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/FORESTSCIENCE/29.1.204
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