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    Red Squirrels United

    Red Squirrels United brings together partners from across the UK to deliver red squirrel conservation. As part of this effort, Forest Research is undertaking a public attitudinal survey to understand levels of awareness of squirrel conservation issues and attitudes towards management methods.
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    Early detection of tree health pests and pathogens

    Forest Research social scientists are exploring how early detection technologies can be developed better in partnership with practitioners and industry representatives who may wish to take such technologies forward to commercial application.
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    Biodiversity and rotation length

    Investigate how to incorporate biodiversity into an optimal rotation length model through literature review and data re-analysis of biodiversity links with stand age.
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    Future Proofing Plant Health

    The Future Proofing Plant Health project aims to provide evidence for the implementation of the GB Plant Biosecurity Strategy. It will focus on strategic areas related to new and emerging pests and diseases (prevention, detection, control, resilience), as well as identifying priority pests, diseases and pathways.
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    Pine-tree lappet moth

    This project is exploring the threat to UK forestry posed by the Pine-tree lappet moth (Dendrolimus pini) and whether it is an introduced pest species or a previously undiscovered resident.
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    Oak processionary moth

    This project will improve our understanding of how oak processionary moth populations behave in different habitats, which is essential for effective management, and it will provide information on parasitoids and predators that may be useful in biological control of the pest.
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    Green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum) research

    The project is analysing data on spruce aphid populations from forests managed using different silvicultural systems, to determine whether increasing the structural diversity of forest stands leads to a lower incidence of the pest and a reduction in damage.
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    DIAROD research summary

    The DIAROD programme aims to provide the required evidence base for Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) to enable its invasiveness and associated risks to be determined, and hence help prevent its spread, and better enable countries to manage this and future outbreaks of other pests and diseases.
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    Use of pheromone traps to monitor oak processionary moth

    This project is carrying out experimental trials to improve and standardise the use of pheromone traps for monitoring populations of oak processionary moth.
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    Cameraria ohridella

    This project involves long-term monitoring of horse-chestnut trees to determine the impact of horse-chestnut leaf miner and bleeding canker disease on tree growth and survival.
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    Climate change impacts on insect pests associated with Sitka spruce

    This project is investigating the potential impact that a changing climate may have on the insect pests associated with the UK’s most important and widely planted conifer tree species Sitka spruce.
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    Persistence of Dothistroma septosporum

    Determining the persistence of Dothistroma septosporum in fallen needles in the forest
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    Testing a range of ash species for tolerance to ash dieback

    Testing for tolerance to ash die-back across various ash species.
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    Local dispersal of Dothistroma septosporum

    Determining the local spread of Dothistroma septosporum
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    Living Ash Project phase I (LAP)

    The specific objectives of Forest Research in the Living Ash Project are to establish new genetic trials to whether, and to what extent, tolerance of ash trees to damage caused by ash dieback is governed by genetics. The genetic trials will enable us to understand how much responses vary among families, whether breeding trees will incur a cost for tree growth and form and explore whether and how this changes over time. Results...
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    Asian longhorn beetle

    This project provides a better understanding of the risks posed by Asian longhorn beetle in the UK
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    Observatree early warning system for tree health

    Details of the Observatree project to set up a new tree health early warning system in the UK.
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    Chalara pathogen biology

    Project about the biology of chalara ash dieback pathogen at Forest Research