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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118415
	Forest pests and wood pellets: A literature review of the opportunities and risks in the United States’ northeastern forests
	Neidermeier A.; Danks C.; Coleman K.; Wallin K.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	476
英文摘要	As interest in alternatives to fossil fuels increases, low quality timber may become more attractive as feedstock material for biomass energy. This low-quality timber, referred to here as salvage wood, can be used to manufacture wood pellets, a densified biomass energy product which can be used for electricity and heating. The process of converting wood to pellets also results in total pest mortality in the final product, an important consideration given wood pellet's international market and global concerns about phytosanitation, or the risk of pest spread. However, there is still potential to spread pests in the wood pellet supply chain. To better understand the potential benefits for forest health and the phytosanitary risks of the use of salvaged wood in the wood pellet supply chain, our study systematically reviews the literature published between 2000 and 2018, gleaning applicable considerations for the northeastern United States (US), a region already affected by the highest density of damaging forest pests in the country and an up-tick in wood pellet use. Our review focuses on three pest species likely to incur considerable change in northeastern US forests: emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis or EAB; an exotic, invasive species), hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand, or HWA; an exotic, invasive species), and southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, or SPB, a native species). Our review finds that wood pellets are being recognized as phytosanitary in their final form and that the forest health opportunities for the use of salvaged wood exist are beginning to be acknowledged in the region. However, our results also indicate that the spread of pests is still possible in the feedstock pre-treatment supply chain, which have yet to be directly addressed in US-related scientific literature. Our review concludes that further research and action on the phytosanitary risks in the supply chain focus on individual pest species behavior during harvesting, on-site comminution of feedstock material, and local processing at facilities within USDA APHIS (United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) quarantine zones for maximum mitigation. The results of these considerations can accrue benefits for forest health, mitigate the spread of forest pests, and support the use of an alternative energy to fossil fuels in a changing climate. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Biomass supply chain; Forest health; Phytosanitation; Wood pellets
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agricultural robots; Biomass; Comminution; Feedstocks; Fossil fuels; Health; Health risks; International trade; Pelletizing; Supply chains; Timber; Animal and plant health inspection services; Dendroctonus frontalis; Hemlock woolly adelgid; International markets; Northeastern forests; Scientific literature; Southern pine beetle; United states department of agricultures; Forestry; alternative energy; beetle; bioenergy; deciduous forest; forest management; fuelwood; manufacturing; pest damage; power generation; salvaging; supply chain management; Biomass; Comminution; Foreign Trade; Fossil Fuels; Health; Pelleting; United States; Adelges tsugae; Adelgidae; Agrilus planipennis; Animalia; Dendroctonus frontalis; Ixodida
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/155009
作者单位	The University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, United States; SUNY Plattsburgh, Center for Earth and Environmental Science, Plattsburgh, VT, United States; College of Science and Mathematics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Neidermeier A.,Danks C.,Coleman K.,等. Forest pests and wood pellets: A literature review of the opportunities and risks in the United States’ northeastern forests[J],2020,476.
APA	Neidermeier A.,Danks C.,Coleman K.,&Wallin K..(2020).Forest pests and wood pellets: A literature review of the opportunities and risks in the United States’ northeastern forests.Forest Ecology and Management,476.
MLA	Neidermeier A.,et al."Forest pests and wood pellets: A literature review of the opportunities and risks in the United States’ northeastern forests".Forest Ecology and Management 476(2020).