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Do spruce budworm epidemics cause the death of trees?

April 26, 2017budworm cause death epidemics spruce trees

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Do spruce budworm epidemics cause the death of trees?

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Yes, a spruce budworm epidemic may cause the death of a tree after four to five years of severe damage. During the last epidemic extending from 1966 to 1992, more than 235 million cubic metres of wood were thus destroyed. That is, the equivalent of ten years of harvesting by the forest industry.