Understanding Ash distribution and the emerald ash borer dispersal in Great Britain
Tree species in the UK face a growing threat from pests and diseases, with over 1000 identified threats on the plant-health risk register. Managing these thr...
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Questionnaire with land owners and land managers with responsibility for management of ash trees and/or decision making about the management of ash trees: What might influence their decisions to carry out surveillance for Emerald Ash Borer or management of EAB (if it is found in Great Britain)?
Between September and November 2021 368 land managers and land owners from across Great Britain completed an online questionnaire about the decisions they mi...
How experiences of ash dieback have informed attitudes toward Emerald ash borer in the UK
Qualitative interviews were undertaken with the aim of supporting the development of a model on social values and acceptability of different emerald ash bore...
Scenario workshops exploring how land managers’ decisions might affect the surveillance for EAB and deployment of containment measures
Three online workshops gathered a range of stakeholders who manage ash trees in some capacity from public to private and covering large to small areas of lan...
Surveillance for the Emerald Ash Borer in Great Britain
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB, Agrilus planipennis) is the most destructive pest to ash trees, causing the death of millions of trees in the USA, Canada, Russia...
Emerald ash borer population dynamics
In the SMARTIES project we are looking at how ash dieback (ADB) and the emerald ash borer (EAB) can affect the health of ash trees. To assess the level of ri...
UK ash (Fraxinus excelsior) host maps
Before we can investigate the risks faced by ash trees we first need to know where they are found and how many are growing in different regions of the countr...
What’s the value of an ash tree and why does it matter?
This is our first update on the Smarties website about what we’re working on and what we’ve achieved so far! This update focuses on the social science part o...