Dwarf mistletoes reduce tree height and diameter, and thereby cause a reduction in volume production. We estimate that volume reduction in Montana is about 33.2 MM cubic feet per year. Mistletoe effects are problems in some areas because of the demands we have placed on the Forests for goods and...
Dwarf mistletoe is known to reduce both height and diameter growth and thus reduce the yield of an infested stand. This comparison of two similar stands--one healthy and the other infested--gives an indication of the impact of this parasite. The healthy stand has produced 1.5 times the board foot volume...
Many understory trees on proposed control areas are lightly to moderately infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by thinning/ sanitation after logging will reduce infestations to a tolerable level and significantly increase volume yields in the future. The cost-benefit ratio of control is favorable.
Many nonmerchantable trees on proposed control areas in the Flathead Reservation are moderately to heavily infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by sanitation-thinning is desirable and is both biologically and economically sound.
Many nonmerchantable trees on the proposed control areas are moderately to heavily infested with dwarf mistletoe. Control by sanitation-thinning is desirable and is both biologically and economically sound.
Residual Douglas-fir, western larch, and lodgepole pine are dwarf mistletoe-infested and pose a threat to existing regeneration. Felling or girdling these residuals, along with sanitation/thinning, will reduce mistletoe intensity and increase future volume yields. Present net worth of the project is $48.05/acre. Benefit cost ratio is 1.97/1. Use of pest...
A permanent study was established in 1970 and 1971 to measure the impact, spread, and intensification of dwarf mistletoe on precommercially thinned Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine in Montana. Mean diameter growth on all plots was reduced 21 percent in Douglas-fir, but the reduction is only significant at the 0.15 level....
We conducted a combination road/plot impact survey for dwarf mistletoe in lodgepole pine on six East Side National Forests in 1978. The road survey showed infestation percentages ranging from 28.2 on the Custer to 52.4 on the Beaverhead. The plot survey showed annual cubic foot volume losses ranging from 106M...
Dwarf mistletoes still pose management problems on the Flathead Reservation. We describe a management program, to be conducted in conjunction with the silvicultural program, which will help reduce the impact of dwarf mistletoe on Douglas-fir, western larch, and lodgepole pine. This program covers fiscal years 1986 through 1990.