Rating the Susceptibility of Stands to Southern Pine Beetle Attack

G.N. Mason - Research Coordinator, IPM RD&A Program for Bark Beetles of Southern Pines,
P.L. Lorio, Jr. - Project Leader and Supervisory Soil Scientist, Forest Insect Research, USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Pinesville, LA,
R.P. Belanger - Principal Silviculturist, USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Athens, GA, and
W.A. Nettleton - Entomologist, Forest Pest Management, USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, State and Private Forestry, Pineville, LA.

Integrated Pest Management Handbook, USDA, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 645, April 1985.

Appendix

Southern pine beetle rating systems, developer(s), area where developed and tested, and area to which model applies

System	Reference and developing institution	Area where developed and tested	Area of applicability
AR Hazard	Ku et al. 1984 (Univ. Arkansas at Monticello)	Southern AK	AK, northern LA, northern MS
Kushmaul	Kushmaul et al. 1979 (USDA Forest Service)	MS, LA, TX, SC, GA Mountains	West Gulf Coastal Plains
Mountain Risk	Hedden 1983 (Clemson Univ.)	SC, GA Mountains	Mountain areas within SPB range
MS Hazard A	Nebeker and Honea 1984 (Mississippi State)	MS, AL	MS, AL
MS Hazard B	Nebeker and Honea 1984 (Mississippi State)	MS, AL	MS, AL
NF Risk	Lorio and Sommers 1981 (USDA Forest Service)	Kisatchie NF, LA TX National Forests	National Forests in TX, LA, MS, AL; possibly others with modification
P Hazard GA	Belanger et al. 1981 (USDA Forest Service)	GA Piedmont	GA Piedmont
Piedmont Risk	Hedden and Karpinski 1983 (Clemson Univ.)	Piedmont region	Piedmont region
SADER Hazard	Sader and Miller 1976 (Mississippi State)	Copiah Co., MS	Upper Coastal Plain of MS, AL
TFS Grid Hazard	Billings and Bryant TX 1983 (Texas Forest Service)	TX	Western Gulf Coastal Plain
TX Hazard	Mason et al. 1981 (Stephen F. Austin State)	TX, LA	Western Gulf Coastal Plain
West Gulf Hazard	Porterfield and Rowell 1981 (Mississippi State)	MS, LA, TX	Western Gulf Coastal Plain
West Gulf Prob	Hicks et al. 1980 (Stephen F. Austin State)	TX	Western Gulf Coastal Plain

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