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A Comparison of Radiographic and Dissection Methods for Measuring Siricid Populations in Wood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. E. Wickman
Affiliation:
Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Berkeley, California

Abstract

Correlation coefficients were calculated for the estimates of insect density obtained by radiographs versus dissection, and for the estimates obtained by radiographs versus radiographic guided dissection. Estimates of numbers of siricids in white fir obtained by the two methods were closely correlated. The radiographic methods are more accurate than dissection alone, and also faster and cheaper.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1964

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