Terpenes Tell Different Tales at Different Scales: Glimpses into the Chemical Ecology of Conifer - Bark Beetle - Microbial Interactions

Mountain Pine Beetles Colonizing Historical and Naïve Host Trees Are Associated with a Bacterial Community Highly Enriched in Genes Contributing to Terpene Metabolism

(2013) Aaron S. Adams et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of tree killing in bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): trade-offs between the maddening crowds and a sticky situation

(2013) B.S. Lindgren et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

Drought induces spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreaks across northwestern Colorado

(2013) Sarah J. Hart et al.   ECOLOGY

A review of semiochemicals associated with bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) pests of coniferous trees: A focus on beetle interactions with other pests and their associates

(2013) C.W. Gitau et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The Bark Beetle Holobiont: Why Microbes Matter

(2013) Diana L. Six   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Bacteria Associated with a Tree-Killing Insect Reduce Concentrations of Plant Defense Compounds

(2013) Celia K. Boone et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Trap Lure Blend of Pine Volatiles and Bark Beetle Pheromones for Monochamus spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Pine Forests of Canada and the United States

(2013) Daniel R. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Jasmonate and ethylene signaling mediate whitefly-induced interference with indirect plant defense inArabidopsis thaliana

(2013) Peng-Jun Zhang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The population ecology of novel plant-herbivore interactions

(2013) Matthew L. Forister et al.   OIKOS

A Common Fungal Associate of the Spruce Bark Beetle Metabolizes the Stilbene Defenses of Norway Spruce

(2013) A. Hammerbacher et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Temperature-driven range expansion of an irruptive insect heightened by weakly coevolved plant defenses

(2013) K. F. Raffa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Area-wide application of verbenone-releasing flakes reduces mortality of whitebark pinePinus albicauliscaused by the mountain pine beetleDendroctonus ponderosae

(2012) Nancy E. Gillette et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Unravelling genetics at the top: mountain islands or isolated belts?

(2012) A. Garcia-Fernandez et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Searching for thresholds in climate–radial growth relationships of Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

(2012) Sarah J. Hart et al.   DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

Isolation and expression of cytochrome P450 genes in the antennae and gut of pine beetle Dendroctonus rhizophagus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) following exposure to host monoterpenes

(2012) Claudia Cano-Ramírez et al.   GENE

Gut-Associated Bacteria Throughout the Life Cycle of the Bark Beetle Dendroctonus rhizophagus Thomas and Bright (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and Their Cellulolytic Activities

(2012) Jesús Morales-Jiménez et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A specialized ABC efflux transporter GcABC-G1 confers monoterpene resistance toGrosmannia clavigera, a bark beetle-associated fungal pathogen of pine trees

(2012) Ye Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Alternate attractors in the population dynamics of a tree-killing bark beetle

(2012) Sharon J. Martinson et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Potential for range expansion of mountain pine beetle into the boreal forest of North America

(2011) L. Safranyik et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

Efficacy of tree defense physiology varies with bark beetle population density: a basis for positive feedback in eruptive species

(2011) Celia K. Boone et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Wildfire provides refuge from local extinction but is an unlikely driver of outbreaks by mountain pine beetle

(2011) Erinn N. Powell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Plant secondary chemistry mediates the performance of a nutritional symbiont associated with a tree-killing herbivore

(2011) Thomas S. Davis et al.   ECOLOGY

Nitrogen cycling following mountain pine beetle disturbance in lodgepole pine forests of Greater Yellowstone

(2011) Jacob M. Griffin et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Drought effects on damage by forest insects and pathogens: a meta-analysis

(2011) Hervé Jactel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Responses of Bark Beetle-Associated Bacteria to Host Monoterpenes and Their Relationship to Insect Life Histories

(2011) Aaron S. Adams et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Fire Injury Reduces Inducible Defenses of Lodgepole Pine against Mountain Pine Beetle

(2011) Erinn N. Powell et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Mountain pine beetle host-range expansion threatens the boreal forest

(2011) CATHERINE I. CULLINGHAM et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Reciprocal interactions between the bark beetle-associated yeast Ogataea pini and host plant phytochemistry

(2011) Thomas S. Davis et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Host resistance elicited by methyl jasmonate reduces emission of aggregation pheromones by the spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus

(2011) Tao Zhao et al.   OECOLOGIA

Induction of isoprenyl diphosphate synthases, plant hormones and defense signalling genes correlates with traumatic resin duct formation in Norway spruce (Picea abies)

(2011) Axel Schmidt et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genome and transcriptome analyses of the mountain pine beetle-fungal symbiont Grosmannia clavigera, a lodgepole pine pathogen

(2011) S. DiGuistini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes: examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savanna ecosystems

(2011) Diana L. Six et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Facilitation in bark beetles: endemic mountain pine beetle gets a helping hand

(2010) Gregory D. Smith et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Climate Change and Bark Beetles of the Western United States and Canada: Direct and Indirect Effects

(2010) Barbara J. Bentz et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Differences in the constitutive terpene profile of lodgepole pine across a geographical range in British Columbia, and correlation with historical attack by mountain pine beetle

(2010) Erin L. Clark et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

Whitebark pine vulnerability to climate-driven mountain pine beetle disturbance in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

(2010) Jesse A. Logan et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Variation in Complex Semiochemical Signals Arising From Insects and Host Plants

(2010) Brian H. Aukema et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Geographic Variation in Bacterial Communities Associated With the Red Turpentine Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

(2010) Aaron S. Adams et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Pheromone production in bark beetles

(2010) Gary J. Blomquist et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Climate change and range expansion of an aggressive bark beetle: evidence of higher beetle reproduction in naïve host tree populations

(2010) Timothy J. Cudmore et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Importance of resin ducts in reducing ponderosa pine mortality from bark beetle attack

(2010) Jeffrey M. Kane et al.   OECOLOGIA

Stimulation of tree defenses by Ophiostomatoid fungi can explain attack success of bark beetles on conifers

(2009) François Lieutier et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Diameter of lodgepole pine and mortality caused by the mountain pine beetle: factors that influence their relationship and applicability for susceptibility rating

(2009) Niklas Björklund et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of symbiotic bacteria and tree chemistry on the growth and reproduction of bark beetle fungal symbionts

(2009) A.S. Adams et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Symbioses: A Key Driver of Insect Physiological Processes, Ecological Interactions, Evolutionary Diversification, and Impacts on Humans

(2009) K. D. Klepzig et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

MULTITRAIT, HOST-ASSOCIATED DIVERGENCE AMONG SETS OF BUTTERFLY POPULATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AND ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION

(2009) Michael C. Singer et al.   EVOLUTION

Connecting phenological predictions with population growth rates for mountain pine beetle, an outbreak insect

(2009) James A. Powell et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Bacterial Community and Nitrogen Fixation in the Red Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

(2009) Jesús Morales-Jiménez et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Old substrates for new enzymes of terpenoid biosynthesis

(2009) J. Bohlmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy: competitors add to predator load of a tree-killing bark beetle

(2008) Celia K. Boone et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions

(2008) Kenneth F. Raffa et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Plant–insect dialogs: complex interactions at the plant–insect interface

(2008) Gary W Felton et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Mountain Pine Beetle Attack Associated with Low Levels of 4-Allylanisole in Ponderosa Pine

(2008) Jay J. Emerick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Mapping lodgepole pine stand structure susceptibility to mountain pine beetle attack across the western United States

(2008) Jeffrey A. Hicke et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Risk rating for mountain pine beetle infestation of lodgepole pine forests over large areas with ordinal regression modelling

(2008) C. Robertson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Synergistic Blends of Monoterpenes for Aggregation Pheromones of the Mountain Pine Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

(2008) John H. Borden et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change

(2008) W. A. Kurz et al.   NATURE

Escaping an evolutionary trap: preference and performance of a native insect on an exotic invasive host

(2008) Margaret S. Keeler et al.   OECOLOGIA

Behavioural and community ecology of plants that cry for help

(2008) MARCEL DICKE   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Bacterial Protection of Beetle-Fungus Mutualism

(2008) J. J. Scott et al.   SCIENCE