2016. Cynthia Froyd, Iain Robertson, and Matthew Watkins from Swansea University collecting a sediment core. Forlorn Lakes. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington.

Cynthia Froyd, Iain Robertson, and Matthew Watkins from Swansea University collecting a sediment core. Forlorn Lakes. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington.

 

Photo by and courtesy of: Molly McKnight

Date: July 23, 2016

 

Project description from: www.researchgate.net/project/Detecting-forest-insect-and-...

 

Detecting forest insect and disease outbreaks within the palaeoecological record

 

Goal: The principle aim of the project is to calibrate insect outbreaks, notably Dendroctonus, within the pollen and macrofossil record obtained from lake sediments across Oregon and Washington State, U.S.A, utilising the novel approach of environmental DNA (eDNA) to identify beetle presence.

 

Methods: Geographic Information Systems, Palynology, Tephra, Dendrochronology, Ancient DNA, Pollen, Environmental DNA, Palaeoecology

 

Date: 30 June 2016 - 30 June 2019

 

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

 

 

Done