This document summarizes much of the data contained in a large GIS database known as the Southern Forest Atlas. Begun in the mid 80's this GIS database represents the first central consolidation of a variety of interacting stressor factors, including weather, ozone, and numerous forest pests. Scientists and resource managers now access this database for a variety of purposes ranging from predictive modeling to analysis of historical trends.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Contacts for Additional Information
• Introduction
• Forest Stressors and Why We Monitor Them
• Forest Health Protection and Its State and Federal Cooperators
  • Forest Health Monitoring in the South
  • The Role of State and Federal Cooperators
  • Using GIS to Monitor Stressors Affecting the Forest
• The Southern Forests
• Stressors of Hardwood Forests
  • Butternut Canker
  • Dogwood Anthracnose
  • Gypsy Moth
  • Oak Decline
• Stressors of Pine Forests
  • Annosum Root Disease
  • Fusiform Rust
  • Littleleaf Disease
  • Southern Pine Beetle
• Stressors of Spruce-Fir Forests
  • Balsam Woolly Adelgid
• Other Stressors
  • Weather
  • Ozone
    • Monitoring and Reporting Ozone Incidence
    • Ozone Surveys in Wilderness Areas
• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
  
• Localized Stressor Activity
  • Asian Gypsy Moth in North Carolina
  • Oak Wilt in Texas
  • Coastal Forest Change in Florida
  • European Gypsy Moth in Arkansas
• Glossary
• Selected References for Stressors
• Appendix A.
  • Index of Cited Common and Scientific Names
• Appendix B.
  • Addresses of Southern Region Forest Health Protection Offices and Southern State Forestry Agencies

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