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Ecologists at Stellenbosch University\u2019s (SU) Centre for Invasion Biology (CIB) have developed an innovative monitoring protocol to map priority areas for detecting new and expanding polyphagous shot hole-borer (PSHB) infestations in urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A previous study led by SU\u2019s School of Public Leadership showed that the PSHB invasion may threaten tens of millions of trees in South Africa by 2050. Therefore, the current invasion will have a major impact on emission scenarios and how urban authorities handle climate-change adaptation responses such as urban greening, warned Professor Guy Midgley, interim director of SU\u2019s School for Climate Studies and home to the CIB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protocol, published in the Journal of Pest Science<\/em>, used data from the popular citizen-science initiative iNaturalist that were collected as part of the \u201cReproductive hosts at risk of PSHB in South Africa\u201d project. To date, more than 4 100 citizen scientists have made 35 144 observations of at-risk trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Luke Potgieter, a postdoctoral research fellow at the CIB and lead author on the study, said on this project Cape Town and Stellenbosch were used as case studies to illustrate how iNaturalist can be used together with additional city-level spatial datasets to map priority areas for monitoring of PSHB infestations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They first accessed a dataset of 9 000 iNaturalist observations of PSHB-reproductive host-tree species in and around Stellenbosch and Cape Town. Both cities have recently experienced PSHB infestations (2019 and 2022 for Cape Town and Stellenbosch respectively), and in both urban areas there are significant concerns and interest in PSHB due to the importance of many high-value, but also highly susceptible, trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the list of susceptible tree species, the Box Elder (Acer negundo)<\/em> was identified as a sentinel species for the detection of possible PSHB infestations. This non-native tree species is relatively abundant in urban areas in SA and the initial symptoms of infestations are easy to detect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They then mapped those facilities that could most likely act as dispersal nodes for PSHB populations, such as arborist facilities, firewood distributors, general waste facilities, green waste facilities, landfills, mature tree nurseries and refuse transfer stations. This dataset was obtained from the City of Cape Town Open Data Portal and through consultation with local arborists and municipal workers, and their own observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Priority monitoring areas (1 km\u00b2 grid cells) based on the density of trees susceptible to polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) infestations and their proximity to facilities where plant materials are handled for all susceptible trees, and for the sentinel species Box Elder. The red indicates high priority and the green low priority. Photo: LJ Potgieter<\/div>\n
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By combining these datasets they were able to map priority areas where high densities of trees susceptible to PSHB infestations were growing close to plant material dispersal facilities (and Box Elder separately as a sentinel species for monitoring and surveillance). To provide more detailed operational guidance for practitioners, high-priority roads were also identified for visual and baited trap surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the study priority areas include Cape Town\u2019s Central Business District and the southern suburbs respectively. Most of the urbanised parts of Stellenbosch are priority areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potgieter said he was confident the management protocol is working. \u201cA recent visual survey of a high-priority site identified in our protocol detected a new PSHB infestation outside a nursery where a number of Box Elders are growing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Dave Richardson, an ecologist at the CIB and one of the co-authors, says citizen-science platforms could play a major role in helping to manage one of the world\u2019s most devastative wood borers. Richardson is also an avid contributor to iNaturalist, with more than 42 000 observations, and counting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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