Our Mission
Researchers in this unit provide knowledge and methods for protecting and sustaining healthy forests affected by invasive species and disturbances. Their research focus is concentrated in two major areas: 1) enhancing understanding and managing invasions and invasive species, and 2) sustaining forests through the regeneration and management of oak-dominated forests. These researchers combine silvicultural and forest management approaches with biological invasion management.Â
Our Research Areas
These researchers study a wide range of invasive species at all stages of invasion including arrival, establishment, spread, and impact leading to development of integrated pest management systems. Invasive species include plants, animals, fish, insects, diseases, invertebrates, and others, that are not native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm.Â
- Tools for Understanding Biological Invasions
- Preventing Introduction of Invasive Species
- Invasive Insects, Plants, and Diseases
This invasive species research also integrates with our work on oak management to provide research that will produce tools for sustaining forests. Oak-dominated forests provide a unique suite of woodland benefits, but oak regeneration is currently inadequate to sustain species composition. Science-based solutions to regeneration problems and biological invasions are critical to sustaining oak forests.Â
- Silviculture for Invasive Species
- Oak Regeneration
- Forest Management and Sustainability
- Economics and Engineering
Recent Publications
- Kye, Geunho ; Machta, Jonathan ; Abbott, Karen C.; Hastings, Alan ; Huffmyer, William ; Ji, Fang ; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Blackwood, Julie C. 2021. Sharp boundary formation and invasion between spatially adjacent periodical cicada broods. Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Robinett, Molly A.; Poland, Therese M.; McCullough, Deborah G. 2021. Captures of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) Adults in Post-Invasion White Ash Sites with Varying Amounts of Live Phloem. Forests
- Haack, Robert A. 2021. Monitoring Monarch migration at the Mackinac Straits. Newsletter of the Michigan Entomological Society. 65(1): 2-5.
- Liebhold, A.M. ; Leonard, D. ; Marra, J.L. ; Pfister, S.E. 2021. Area-wide management of invading gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) populations in the USA. In: Hendrichs, J.; Pereira, R.; Vreysen, M.J.B., eds. Area-wide integrated pest management: development and field application. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press: 551-560.¿
- Juzwik, Jennifer ; Haugen, Linda ; Kyhl, John ; Schneeberger, Noel F.; Rothlisberger, John D.; Poland, Therese M. 2021. Regional Summaries: Midwest Region. In: Poland, Therese M.; Patel-Weynand, Toral; Finch, Deborah M.; Ford Miniat, Chelcy; Hayes, Deborah C.; Lopez, Vanessa M., eds. Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the United States Forest Sector. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer International Publishing: 414 - 419. Appendix.