Beetle Busters : : a Rogue Insect and the People who Track it
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Prologue: the cut -- The beetle -- A life in rings -- The trees -- Tree ID -- The team -- Beetle busting -- The forest -- More beetle busting -- The data -- The hard truth.
This book about the tree-killing Asian longhorned beetle reveals how the help of everyday people, their neighborhoods, teams of beetle-sniffing dogs, and a nationwide effort from bug scientists to tree doctors are working to eradicate this invasive pest.
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Scientists in the field.
PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780547792675
0547792670
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Harasimowicz, Ellen.
SUBJECTS
Asian longhorned beetle.
Beetles.