In this article, which appeared in the February 2013 issue of Forest Ecology and Management, the authors studied the effects of several slash treatments on colonization rates and reproductive success of the northern spruce engraver (Ips perturbatus) on white spruce (Picea glauca). The full article should be available at one of the URI’s below.  A second URI has been provided because dx.doi.org appeared to be unavailable at the time of this posting.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.040

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112712005919