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Suggestions on management measures of pine forest ecosystems invaded by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

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Forestry Studies in China

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Pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle is an important invasive alien species in forests of China and has become one of the most destructive forest diseases. In order to improve the resistance and resilience of pine forest ecosystems against B. xylophilus invasion and make the pine forest ecosystem more timely responsive to PWN invasion, we made some recommendations based on five years of intensive observations. We advocate a set of management measures with the theme “Prevention is priority, but integrated with curative techniques and ecological resilience” on the pine forest ecosystem invaded by B. xylophilus; details of accurate measures are proposed. The aim is to discover the underlying problems of present pine forest ecosystems and to take, correspondingly, administrative measures and strategies, which will encourage the pine forest ecosystem to develop in a benign way.

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    Juan Shi, You-qing Luo, Nai-bin Xia, Hai-wei Wi & Ji-ying Song

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Shi, J., Luo, Yq., Xia, Nb. et al. Suggestions on management measures of pine forest ecosystems invaded by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus . For. Stud. China 10, 45–48 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11632-008-0007-9

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