Western Bark Beetle Research Group Members

U.S. Forest Service Reseach & Development

Chris Fettig

I joined the Pacific Southwest Research Station in 2001.  Since that time, my personal research program has had three major emphases: (1) development of chemical, silvicultural and semiochemical-based monitoring and management tactics for native and exotic forest insect pests, primarily bark beetles, (2) determination of short and long-term implications to forest health of prescribed fire and/or mechanical fuel treatments in the large-scale restoration of fire-adapted forest ecosystems at several spatial and temporal scales, and (3) determination of the role of semiochemicals in the behavior of bark beetles of economic importance.

Biology, Ecology and Mangement of Western Bark Beetles

Rocky Mountain Research Station and the USDA Forest Service, Logan Utah 84321

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