Original Article
Optimizing early detection strategies: defining the effective attraction radius of attractants for emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire
Jacob T. Wittman,
Peter Silk,
Katie Parker,
Brian H. Aukema,
Corresponding Author
Jacob T. Wittman
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55108 U.S.A.
Correspondence: Jacob T. Wittman. Tel.: +612 624 2751; e-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorPeter Silk
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, PO Box 4000, 1350 Regent Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 5P7
Search for more papers by this authorKatie Parker
Forestry Commission, Plant Health Forestry, Bristol, U.K.
Search for more papers by this authorBrian H. Aukema
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55108 U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorJacob T. Wittman,
Peter Silk,
Katie Parker,
Brian H. Aukema,
Corresponding Author
Jacob T. Wittman
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55108 U.S.A.
Correspondence: Jacob T. Wittman. Tel.: +612 624 2751; e-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorPeter Silk
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, PO Box 4000, 1350 Regent Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 5P7
Search for more papers by this authorKatie Parker
Forestry Commission, Plant Health Forestry, Bristol, U.K.
Search for more papers by this authorBrian H. Aukema
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55108 U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
- Adult emerald ash borers are attracted to green prism traps baited with the ash host volatile (3Z)-hexenol and the sex pheromone of emerald ash borer (3Z)-dodecen-12-olide [(3Z)-lactone]. Quantifying the heretofore unknown range of attraction of such traps would help optimize deployment strategies for early detection.
- Examining trap captures of traps deployed in pairs at variable distances offers insight into the range of attraction. Recent work has shown the range of attraction can be estimated as half the intertrap distance at which trap catch begins to decrease, which should occur when proximate traps overlap their respective attractive ranges.
- We estimated these traps' attractive range for emerald ash borer using 98 baited dark green prism traps deployed in pairs, one trap per tree, in an urban park in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA in summer 2020.
- We estimate attractive range by fitting a logistic model to trap catch data using Bayesian inferential methods and describe advantages thereof.
- The attractive range of these baited traps was estimated to be between 16 and 73 m, with a median of 28 m. We recommend that dark green prism traps baited with these semiochemicals be placed 25–35 m apart near high-risk entry points.
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Data availability statement
The data and code used to produce these results are available on DRUM (Data Repository for the University of Minnesota) (Wittman et al. 2021).
Supporting Information
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Figure S1. Examples of how two different prior distributions on |
(A1 and A2) translate to a corresponding prior distributions on the attraction radius (B1 and B2). In the logistic equation with two parameters, the attraction radius is equal to 
. An uninformative Uniform(0, 10) prior distribution on 
(A1) then is equivalent to a prior distribution on the attraction radius where 95% of the prior probability density is concentrated between 0 and 6 m (B1). A prior probability distribution on 
that places 95% of the probabiltiy density between 0 and 0.0375 (A2) is equivalent to a prior distribution on the attraction radius where 95% of the probability density lies between 0 and nearly 5000 m (B2). The point represents the median value of the prior distribution, the thick line represents the 50% probability density around the median, and the thin line is the 95% probability density around the median.Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.
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