Do water-limiting conditions predispose Norway spruce to bark beetle attack?

Do tree and stand-level attributes determine susceptibility of spruce-fir forests to spruce beetle outbreaks in the early 21st century?

(2014) Sarah J. Hart et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

(2013) Kenneth F. Raffa   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Drought predisposes piñon-juniper woodlands to insect attacks and mortality

(2013) Monica L. Gaylord et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Population dynamics of the spruce bark beetle: a long-term study

(2013) Lorenzo Marini et al.   OIKOS

Climate affects severity and altitudinal distribution of outbreaks in an eruptive bark beetle

(2012) Lorenzo Marini et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Ecohydrology of an outbreak: mountain pine beetle impacts trees in drier landscape positions first

(2012) Kendra E. Kaiser et al.   Ecohydrology

Inducibility of chemical defenses in Norway spruce bark is correlated with unsuccessful mass attacks by the spruce bark beetle

(2012) Christian Schiebe et al.   OECOLOGIA

Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality

(2012) A. Park Williams et al.   Nature Climate Change

Population dynamics in changing environments: the case of an eruptive forest pest species

(2011) Kyrre Kausrud et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

Unraveling the drivers of intensifying forest disturbance regimes in Europe

(2011) RUPERT SEIDL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2011) Hervé Jactel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Induced Terpene Accumulation in Norway Spruce Inhibits Bark Beetle Colonization in a Dose-Dependent Manner

(2011) Tao Zhao et al.   PLoS One

Resin flow responses to fertilization, wounding and fungal inoculation in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in North Carolina

(2011) L. Knebel et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Limited response of ponderosa pine bole defenses to wounding and fungi

(2011) M. L. Gaylord et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

(2011) Nate G. McDowell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Water stress affects Tomicus destruens host pine preference and performance during the shoot feeding phase

(2010) Manuela Branco et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Effect of Weather onIps typographus(Coleoptera Curculionidae) Phenology, Voltinism, and Associated Spruce Mortality in the Southeastern Alps

(2009) Massimo Faccoli   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Sap flow of birch and Norway spruce during the European heat and drought in summer 2003

(2009) K. Gartner et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

New Insights into the Mechanisms of Water-Stress-Induced Cavitation in Conifers

(2009) H. Cochard et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Comparison of methods to quantify loss of hydraulic conductivity in Norway spruce

(2008) Peter Hietz et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

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

(2008) Kenneth F. Raffa et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Tree die-off in response to global change-type drought: mortality insights from a decade of plant water potential measurements

(2008) David D Breshears et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

(2008) Nate McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST