EFETAC researchers work with other scientists nationally as well as with a variety of Federal, State, and local government agencies, universities, and non-governmental partners to address forest threats. Select a title below to learn more about EFETAC's current projects and collaborations related to insects.

Assessing genetic variation of forest tree species at risk

Assessing southern pine beetle effects on viewsheds of South Carolina using modeling, GIS, and 3D visualization

Assessment of disturbance impacts on U.S. forest carbon sequestration

Characterizing and quantifying uncertainty in forest pest risk analyses

Developing methods to detect parasitoids released for biological control of the emerald ash borer

Development of host preference-risk assessment maps for Eurasian woodwasp (Sirex noctilio) on southern conifer species

Does the Formosan termite, an invasive species, alter forests in the Southeastern USA? 

Landscape scale modeling of hemlock susceptibility to hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) and drought stressors in New England

National-scale risk mapping and modeling for invasive forest pests

Nitrogen deposition and water stress: predisposing factors to southern pine beetle infestation and subsequent mortality of red spruce species, Mount Mitchell, NC

Predicting forest succession in the wake of invasive species establishment

Quantified ground survey technologies for emerald ash borer

Remote sensing for ash identification and pre-visual decline assessments

Above: Southern pine beetle galleries - Photo by Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Right: Emerald ash borer damage - Photo by Michigan Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org