Research and Publications

The Forest Service utilizes its technology development centers, experimental forests, and research stations to help meet the invasive species management needs of resource professionals. Sound scientific information is critical to guide management activities, determine the magnitude of invasive species problems, plan future programs, and improve intervention efforts. Reliable information about distribution, dispersal rates, and reproductive status of invasive species both in the United States and the country of origin, is crucial in making risk assessments and designing appropriate management strategies. Used in conjunction with other socioeconomic considerations, invasive species research helps form the basis for determining actions appropriate to achieving the desired result, as well as for prioritizing those actions.

Where technology or knowledge gaps occur, research and technology development activities of the Forest Service and its partners play a vital role in the overall invasive species program. Collaborative partnerships with universities, the states, other agencies, and the private sector are the foundations of the strong Forest Service research and technology development projects.

Visit Forest Service Research and Development to learn more about how our research activities are supporting the battle against invasive species.

• Forest Service Invasive Species Research Publications
• Treesearch

Invasive Plant Research

• Cheatgrass
• Chinese Privet Control with Herbicide Foliar Sprays (PDF, 1.7 MB) ^\1
• Effects of Application Rate, Timing, and Formulation of Glyphosate and Triclopyr on Control of Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)
• Invasives in Tropical Ecosystems
• Understanding and Controlling Nonnative Forest Pests in the South (PDF, 934 KB)

Invasive Pathogen Research

• North Central Research Station, Understanding and Managing Disease in Forest Ecosystems,
  Invasive Species
• Pacific Southwest Research Station, Research Topics, Insects and Disease
  
  
  • Armillaria Root Disease
  • Butternut Canker
  • Oak Wilt
  • Sudden Oak Death
  • White Pine Blister Rust
  • Red Pine Shoot Blights
• Understanding and Managing Disease in Forest Ecosystems
• Sudden Oak Death (Pacific Southwest)
• White Pine Blister Rust (Pacific Southwest)
  
  
  • Pacific Southwest Research Station: Research Topics: Insects and Disease: Blister Rust
  • Pacific Southwest Research Station: Programs and Projects: Institute of Genetics: White Pine Blister Rust in Western North America
• Pitch Canker (Pacific Southwest)
• Rangewide Assessment of Port-Orford-Cedar on Federal Lands

Invasive Invertebrate Research

• Invasive Forest Insect Research
  
  
  • Emerald Ash Borer
• Invasive Forest Insect Ecology and Management Publications
• Invasive Forest Insect Research (Pacific Southwest)

Invasive Vertebrate Research

• Forest Service Research on Invasive Birds
• Invasive Fish Research and Mangement (Pacific Southwest)
• High Mountain Lake Fish Stocking Studies (Pacific Southwest)
• Invasive Amphibians and Fish in Wilderness Areas (Pacific Southwest)

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