Research Papers | Nova Scotia Hemlock Initiative

If you would like to learn more about hemlock woolly adelgid, please check out these research papers.

Review of non-target impacts of imidacloprid

Sweeney J. 2021. Review of non-target impacts of imidacloprid. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service.

Temporal Asynchrony of Adult Emergence Between Leucopis argenticollis and Leucopis piniperda (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), Predators of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), with Implications for Biological Control

https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/49/4/823/5848081

Biological Control of HWA in Eastern Canada

/sites/nshemlock.ca/files/Biological%20Control%20of%20HWA%20in%20Eastern%20Canada.pdf

Spring bird migration as a dispersal mechanism for the hemlock woolly adelgid

https://www.fs.usda.gov/nrs/pubs/jrnl/2019/nrs_2019_russo_001.pdf

Thinning effects on foliar elements in eastern hemlock: implications for managing the spread of the hemlock woolly adelgid

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/53482

Invasive Species Compendium (Hemlock woolly adelgid)

CABI, 2022. Adelges tsugae (hemlock woolly adelgid). In: Invasive Species Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. Available from: https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/3270#tosummaryOfInvasiveness

Modeling interactions of hemlock woolly adelgid and the two biological control predatory beetle species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Thompson HM, Wiggins G, Lenhart S. 2022. Modeling interactions of hemlock woolly adelgid and the two biological control predatory beetle species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Biological Control [Internet]. [July 12 2022]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104986

Modeling the impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid infestation and presalvage harvesting on carbon stocks in northern hemlock forests

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/54215

Integrating Chemical and Biological Control of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/misc/misc_2020_mayfield_001.pdf