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Diversity Of Arthropods On Dogwoods In Forest And Nursery Environments, David Scott Neitch
Diversity Of Arthropods On Dogwoods In Forest And Nursery Environments, David Scott Neitch
Masters Theses
In the last decade the flowering dogwood, Cornus florida Link., has become threatened by a fungal disease, dogwood anthracnose (caused by Discula destructive Redlin). Symptoms include leaf spots, twig blights, and limb/trunk cankers, which lead to the eventual death of the tree. Mortality of the flowering dogwood is extremely high in forested areas, such as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where dogwood density has declined in recent years.
Little information is available about environmental conditions that may predispose a tree to conidia of D. destructiva, which is believed to be dispersed by wind or rain. Researchers have suggested that …
A Faunal Study Of The Mecoptera (Insecta) Of Rocky Branch Nature Preserve, Clark County, Illinois, Jimmie W. Griffiths
A Faunal Study Of The Mecoptera (Insecta) Of Rocky Branch Nature Preserve, Clark County, Illinois, Jimmie W. Griffiths
Masters Theses
The Mecoptera (Insecta) of the Rocky Branch Nature Preserve located near Clarksville, Clark County, Illinois are described. Specimens were collected by diurnal netting, Malaise traps, pitfall traps, and flight traps. Specimens from Rocky Branch in the collections of Eastern Illinois University, the Illinois Natural History Survey at Champaign-Urbana, and Hastings College, Nebraska, were also examined.
A total of 805 specimens from Rocky Branch were collected and/or examined. Nine species representing three families were identified: three Panorpidae (Panorpa speciosa, P. helena and P. banksi); five Bittacidae (Hylobittacus apicalis, Bittacus strigosus, B. stigmaterus, B. pilicornis …