October 2012

THE ROLE OF PARASITOIDS IN THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF FOREST CATERPILLARS*

Alan A. Berryman Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164 USA * This paper first appeared in a somewhat different form in the book Population Dynamics, Impacts, and Integrated Management of Forest Defoliating Insects edited by M. L. McManus and A. M. Liebhold and published on pages 252-260 in USDA Forest Service General…

DYNAMICS OF SALMONID POPULATIONS ASCENDING THE COLUMBIA AND SNAKE RIVERS DAMS

Alan Berryman Departments of Natural Resource Sciences and Environmental Science Washington State University, Pullman WA 99162 Berryman@mail.wsu.edu   The Columbia River drainage is one of the major watersheds in the western USA and supports a diverse community of andromonous fish (see Table). The Columbia River system is also the major source of hydroelectric power in…

Insect Flight Mill Research Returns Valuable Information

M.S. student, Teah Smith watches a moth do laps on a flight mill. Photo by Bob Hoffmann/WSU MNEC. Researchers at the WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee have resurrected an old technology, the flight mill, to put moths through their paces and see what moths in action are made of. Insect flight…