Model of slowing the spread of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae) with a barrier zone

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorSharov, A. A.en
dc.contributor.authorLiebhold, A. M.en
dc.contributor.departmentEntomologyen
dc.date.accessed2014-03-11en
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-27T13:06:07Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-27T13:06:07Zen
dc.date.issued1998-11en
dc.description.abstractWhen attempts to eradicate an introduced pest species fail and it becomes: established, barrier zones are often used to stop or to slow the spread of the population into uninfested areas. The U.S. Forest Service is currently conducting a Slow-the-Spread (STS) pilot project to evaluate the feasibility of slowing the spread of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) in several areas along the population front. To predict the effect of barrier zones on the rate of gypsy moth spread we developed a model that assumes establishment of isolated colonies beyond the expanding population front. These colonies grow, coalesce, and thereby contribute to the movement of the population front. The model estimates the rate of spread from two functions: (1) colonization rate as a function of the distance from the population front and (2) population numbers in a colony as a function of colony age. Eradication of isolated colonies in a barrier zone was simulated by truncating the colonization rate function beyond a specific distance from the population front. The model predicts that eradication of isolated colonies in the STS project will result in a 54% reduction of spread rate. The actual rate of spread in the Appalachian Mountains has declined by 59% since 1990 when eradication of isolated colonies started. Thus, model predictions were close to the observed reduction in the rate of population spread.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUSDA Forest Service, Forest Health, contract No. 08-94-53-01en
dc.description.sponsorshipUSDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Grant No. 95-37313-1892en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationAlexei A. Sharov and Andrew M. Liebhold 1998. Model of slowing the spread of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae) with a barrier zone. Ecological Applications 8:1170-1179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1170:MOSTSO]2.0.CO;2en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2307/2640970en
dc.identifier.issn1051-0761en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46850en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.esajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1890/1051-0761%281998%29008%5B1170%3AMOSTSO%5D2.0.CO%3B2en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEcological Society of Americaen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectbarrier zoneen
dc.subjectbiological invasionen
dc.subjectgypsy mothen
dc.subjectlymantria disparen
dc.subjectmodelen
dc.subjectpopulation spreaden
dc.subjectcentral appalachiansen
dc.subjectnorth-americaen
dc.subjectpopulationsen
dc.subjectmanagementen
dc.subjectexpansionen
dc.subjectdynamicsen
dc.subjectvelocityen
dc.subjectcountsen
dc.titleModel of slowing the spread of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae) with a barrier zoneen
dc.title.serialEcological Applicationsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
1051-0761%281998%29008%5B1170.pdf
Size:
199.12 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Main article
Download

Collections

Scholarly Works, Entomology