Canadian Forest Service Publications
Pisteurs de tordeuses : un projet de science citoyenne. 2015. Johns, R.C.; Pureswaran, D.S.; Owens, E. Ressources naturelles Canada, Service canadien des forêts - Centre de foresterie de l'Atlantique, Une Contribution Significative 14
Year: 2015
Issued by: Atlantic Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 36772
Language: English / French
Availability: PDF (download)
Plain Language Summary
Budworm Tracker is a citizen science project that is part of a large scientific initiative aimed at better understanding how spruce budworm populations rise as an outbreak begins. Scientists use two main methods to determine budworm numbers: larval surveys and pheromone traps. The larval surveys monitor the number of overwintering spruce budworm larvae, whereas the pheromone traps capture male budworm moths. Both methods give an indication of budworm populations, but the pheromone traps can also indicate potential migratory events that scientists believe play an important role in spruce budworm outbreaks. Citizen scientists throughout eastern Canada are assisting researchers by monitoring traps baited with spruce budworm pheromone during the period that spruce budworm moths are active. This information will give scientists valuable information to better understand how spruce budworm populations rise and spread.
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Budworm tracker: a citizen science project
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