Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2022 Dendroctonus bark beetles are the most destructive agents in coniferous forests. These beetles come into contact with the toxic compounds of their host's chemical defenses throughout their life cycle, some of which are also used by the insects as ...
Verónica Torres-Banda +5 more
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Bark beetle population dynamics in the Anthropocene: Challenges and solutions [PDF]
, 2019 Tree-killing bark beetles are the most economically important insects in conifer forests worldwide. However, despite N200 years of research, the drivers of population eruptions and crashes are still not fully understood and the existing knowledge is thus
Biedermann, P. +16 more
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Revista Chapingo Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente, 2021 Introduction: Severe Dendroctonus spp. infestations are reported in North and Central America. Dendroctonus mexicanus Hopkins and Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann are recognized as forest pests and are common in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.Objective: To model current and future (2015-2039) spatial distribution of risk D ...
Sigifredo Martínez-Rincón +3 more
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Modeling stratified dispersal in forest pests: A case study of the mountain pine beetle in Alberta. [PDF]
EcologyAbstract Forest pests pose critical threats to forest ecosystems worldwide, yet accurately predicting their spatial spread remains challenging due to complex dispersal behaviors, weather effects, and the inherent difficulty of tracking small organisms across large landscapes.
Johnson EC, Brush M, Lewis MA.
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Sydowia polyspora dominates fungal communities carried by two Tomicus species in pine plantations threatened by Fusarium circinatum [PDF]
, 2017 Producción CientíficaBark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) carry a diverse filamentous fungal community sometimes acting as vectors or carriers of phytopathogens.
Díez Casero, Julio Javier +6 more
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Insects, 2021 The short neuropeptide F (sNPF) is an essential signaling molecule that is evolutionarily conserved and involved in a broad range of physiological functions in the invertebrates, by interacting with sNPF receptors, which belong to G protein-coupled ...
Bin Liu +4 more
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Rapid neo-sex chromosome evolution and incipient speciation in a major forest pest
Nature Communications, 2017 The evolution of new sex chromosomes potentially generates reproductive isolation. Here, Bracewell et al. combine crossing experiments with population and functional genomics to characterize neo-sex chromosome evolution and incipient speciation in the ...
Ryan R. Bracewell +3 more
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Bursaphelenchus pinophilus Brzeski & Baujard, 1997 (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchinae) associated with nematangia on Pityogenes bidentatus (Herbst, 1783) (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), from the Czech Republic [PDF]
, 2012 The occurrence of Bursaphelenchus species in the Czech Republic is poorly known, the first report of the genus being made by Kubátová et al. (2000) who reported the association of B.
C ERMÁK, Václav +6 more
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\u3ci\u3eTomicus Piniperda\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Reproduction and Development in Scots, Jack, Red and Eastern White Pine Under Laboratory Conditions [PDF]
, 2018 The pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda (L.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), is an exotic bark beetle in North America that was first found in the Great Lakes region in 1992. We evaluated T.
Haack, Robert A +2 more
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Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Community Structure in Northeastern and Central Minnesota [PDF]
, 2018 Large-scale surveys of forest insects provide two distinct benefits: the detection of invasive and exotic species that cause millions of dollars of damage annually to forest and ornamental industries, and the addition of a wealth of species distribution ...
Cervenka, Valerie J +6 more
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