[Archive] The green spruce aphid and Sitka spruce provenances in Britain

This Occasional Paper describes the damage caused by the green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum, to Sitka spruce growing in Britain. Following an outbreak of this aphid in South Wales in 1980, it was possible to compare the impact and recovery of shoot growth in experimental plots at Rhondda Forest of a IUFRO provenance collection of […]

[Archive] The management of red deer in upland forests

This Bulletin is primarily concerned with the management of resident populations of red deer in commercial forests, and gives practical prescriptions for deer management based upon sound data collection and scientific method. All such prescriptions must be aimed at particular, well-defined deer populations occupying discrete ranges. There is an important emphasis throughout upon predictive management, […]

[Archive] Trees and weeds

Landscaped sites are often seeded with vigorous varieties ot grass and legume species, which, while reducing soil erosion and giving an attractive green appearance, may kill young trees or check their growth. Weeds compete with trees for moisture, nutrients and light; but they can also interfere by releasing toxins, modifying soil and air temperatures, and […]

[Archive] Forest insects

The expansion in forestry planting since the end of the first world war has provided foresters in Britain with a great deal of fresh knowledge about the particular insect problems associated with these new habitats in different phases of crop life. Most of the 280 species described here are common subjects of enquiry, although some […]

[Archive] Rhododendron ponticum as a forest weed

Rhododendron ponticum is an evergreen shrub which forms dense thickets up to 5 metres in height. The large purple blooms appear in spring and are an attractive sight which has become commonplace especially on forested slopes in the west of the British Isles. Foresters are familiar with it as a most intractable weed, indeed control […]

[Archive] Population biology and control of the pine beauty moth

This Bulletin presents the papers which were given at a workshop held at the end of 1984 to bring together a wide range of researchers, within and outwith the Forestry Commission, working on problems presented by the new and sudden occurrence in the late 1970s of large scale and severe outbreaks of the Pine beauty […]

[Archive] Beech bark disease

Beech bark disease is considered to be the most serious disease affecting British beech, although its severity varies geographically and temporally. Early records indicate that the disease was first observed at least 150 years ago, but must certainly have been affecting trees from a much earlier date. The insect and fungus both occur over much […]

[Archive] The use of herbicides in the forest (2nd edition)

This is the first revision of the original 1983 edition of this Booklet and incorporates recent developments in herbicides, equipment and methods of application.

[Archive] Research on Dutch elm disease in Europe

This Bulletin contains the proceedings of the European Economic Community Research Seminar, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 30th March — 1st April 1982. The papers summarise the results of recent research undertaken by scientists from six members of the European Community.

[Archive] A catalogue of phytophagous insects and mites on trees in Great Britain

The main objective of this catalogue is to bring some uniformity into exchanges concerning forest entomology. It consists of three lists: a basic one and two supplementary. The basic list includes all species in Pests and diseases of forest plantation trees (F G Brown, 1968) occurring in Britain, to which have been added many others […]

[Archive] The use of chemicals (other than herbicides) in forest and nursery

This is the first Booklet dedicated to chemicals other than herbicides used in forestry. It is suggested that this publication is kept with its companion volume The use of herbicides in the forest (Booklet 51) to give a comprehensive reference to the use of all chemicals in the forest. Although produced primarily for internal use […]

[Archive] Decay fungi in conifers (FC Leaflet 79 – 1981)

This Leaflet is a guide to the identification of decays in conifers for both foresters and arboriculturists.