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    OPM Manual – 4. Biology and life cycle

     Understanding the biology of oak processionary moth (OPM) can help you to manage it. The caterpillars are the larval stage of the insect’s life cycle. OPM gets part of its common and scientific names from the caterpillars’ distinctive habit of moving around in nose-to-tail processions on trees, and sometimes on the ground beneath host trees. They also frequently cluster […]
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    Phytophthora manual – 8. Financial support for affected woodland owners

     Guide to potential sources of government financial aid for United Kingdom woodland and forests owners who fell trees to control Phytophthora diseases
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    Lyme disease briefing references

     Publications about Lyme disease
  • Service

    Pesticide efficacy testing

     Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) recognised design and management of pesticide efficacy trials, with specialist tree tolerance testing and forestry test sites. Service overview Plant protection products – herbicides, insecticides and biocides – are only approved for sale and use in the UK once they have completed rigorous registration test. These trials ensure that products are not harmful to […]
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    Knowledge exchange and impact

     As an applied research agency, Forest Research has a unique bridging role between the research community, policymakers and land managers. Effective knowledge exchange and research impact are critical to our purpose, ensuring our activities makes a difference and providing a rationale for our work and the basis of our contracts with key customers. We have learnt […]
  • Publications

    Climate change adaptation strategies in a fragmented landscape
    Lead Author: Nicholas Synes
    A multi-species modelling approach to examine the impact of alternative climate change adaptation strategies on range shifting ability in a fragmented landscape This paper describes research to test the effects of varying ‘climate change adaptation strategies’ on the ability of different animals to move through the landscape in response to changing climatic conditions. The adaptation strategies […]
  • Tools and Resources

    Chalara manual – 2. Managing ash trees and woodland, including logs and firewood

     1. Principles The principles underlying the guidance presented below are: maintaining, where possible, the values and benefits associated with ash woodlands and iconic trees; securing an economic return where timber production is an important objective; maintaining as much genetic diversity in ash trees as possible with the aim of ensuring the presence of ash in the long term; and minimising impacts […]
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    Forest Condition 2002

     Forestry Commission Forest Condition 2002
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    Acute Oak Decline Popular Knowledge Exchange

     Posters, presentations, films, webinars, links and research updates about oak decline
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    Bleeding Canker of Horse Chestnut (Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi)

     Information about horse chestnut bleeding canker caused by the bacterium Pseuomonas syringae pv aesculi
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    Horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella)

     Information about horse chestnut leaf miner moth (Cameraria ohridella), a pest of horse chestnut (Aesculus) trees and some Acer species
  • Tools and Resources

    OPM Manual – 8. Occupational health

     Oak processionary moth (OPM) caterpillars, or larvae, are covered with thousands of minute, irritating hairs. These can be released as a defence mechanism, or blown off by the wind, and come into contact with people and animals. Contact can cause symptoms ranging from a mildly itching rash to allergic reactions. The caterpillars build communal nests on the trunks […]