Phytochemicals as mediators for host range expansion of a native invasive forest insect herbivore

Successful reproduction and pheromone production by the spruce bark beetle in evolutionary naïve spruce hosts with familiar terpenoid defences

(2018) Daniel Flø et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Successful Colonization of Lodgepole Pine Trees by Mountain Pine Beetle Increased Monoterpene Production and Exhausted Carbohydrate Reserves

(2018) Marla Roth et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

The potential for host switching via ecological fitting in the emerald ash borer-host plant system

(2018) Don Cipollini et al.   OECOLOGIA

Toxicity of Monoterpene Structure, Diversity and Concentration to Mountain Pine Beetles, Dendroctonus ponderosae: Beetle Traits Matter More

(2017) Mary L. Reid et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Genetic and genomic evidence of niche partitioning and adaptive radiation in mountain pine beetle fungal symbionts

(2017) Dario I. Ojeda Alayon et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Weathering the storm: how lodgepole pine trees survive mountain pine beetle outbreaks

(2017) Nadir Erbilgin et al.   OECOLOGIA

Defence syndromes in lodgepole - whitebark pine ecosystems relate to degree of historical exposure to mountain pine beetles

(2017) Kenneth F. Raffa et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Rapid monoterpene induction promotes the susceptibility of a novel host pine to mountain pine beetle colonization but not to beetle-vectored fungi

(2017) Jonathan A Cale et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Resin monoterpene defenses decline within three widespread species of pine (Pinus ) along a 1530-m elevational gradient

(2017) Scott Ferrenberg et al.   Ecosphere

Global change effects on plant–insect interactions: the role of phytochemistry

(2017) Mary A Jamieson et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Colonization behaviors of mountain pine beetle on novel hosts: Implications for range expansion into northeastern North America

(2017) Derek W. Rosenberger et al.   PLoS One

Toxicity of Pine Monoterpenes to Mountain Pine Beetle

(2017) Christine C. Chiu et al.   Scientific Reports

Fatty Acid Composition of Novel Host Jack Pine Do Not Prevent Host Acceptance and Colonization by the Invasive Mountain Pine Beetle and Its Symbiotic Fungus

(2016) Guncha Ishangulyyeva et al.   PLoS One

Water-deficit and fungal infection can differentially affect the production of different classes of defense compounds in two host pines of mountain pine beetle

(2016) Nadir Erbilgin et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Host Defense Mechanisms against Bark Beetle Attack Differ between Ponderosa and Lodgepole Pines

(2016) Daniel West et al.   Forests

Tree response and mountain pine beetle attack preference, reproduction and emergence timing in mixed whitebark and lodgepole pine stands

(2015) Barbara J. Bentz et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Pheromone Production by an Invasive Bark Beetle Varies with Monoterpene Composition of its Naïve Host

(2015) Spencer Taft et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Rapid Induction of Multiple Terpenoid Groups by Ponderosa Pine in Response to Bark Beetle-Associated Fungi

(2015) Ken Keefover-Ring et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Progress and gaps in understanding mechanisms of ash tree resistance to emerald ash borer, a model for wood-boring insects that kill angiosperms

(2015) Caterina Villari et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Bacteria influence mountain pine beetle brood development through interactions with symbiotic and antagonistic fungi: implications for climate-driven host range expansion

(2015) Janet Therrien et al.   OECOLOGIA

Differences in defence responses ofPinus contortaandPinus banksianato the mountain pine beetle fungal associateGrosmannia clavigeraare affected by water deficit

(2015) Adriana Arango-Velez et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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

(2015) John H. Borden et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Understanding Host-Switching by Ecological Fitting

(2015) Sabrina B. L. Araujo et al.   PLoS One

Trade-offs between constitutive and induced defences drive geographical and climatic clines in pine chemical defences

(2014) Xoaquín Moreira et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

The Lodgepole × Jack Pine Hybrid Zone in Alberta, Canada: A Stepping Stone for the Mountain Pine Beetle on its Journey East Across the Boreal Forest?

(2013) Inka Lusebrink et al.   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

Nitrogen-Fixing and Uricolytic Bacteria Associated with the Gut of Dendroctonus rhizophagus and Dendroctonus valens (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

(2013) Jesús Morales-Jiménez et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

The impact of microbial symbionts on host plant utilization by herbivorous insects

(2013) Allison K. Hansen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Chemical similarity between historical and novel host plants promotes range and host expansion of the mountain pine beetle in a naïve host ecosystem

(2013) Nadir Erbilgin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Herbivore exploits orally secreted bacteria to suppress plant defenses

(2013) S. H. Chung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diversification through multitrait evolution in a coevolving interaction

(2013) J. N. Thompson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A species-diagnostic SNP panel for discriminating lodgepole pine, jack pine, and their interspecific hybrids

(2013) C. I. Cullingham et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes

Association of tree diameter with body size and lipid content of mountain pine beetles

(2012) M. Graf et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

Unrelated facultative endosymbionts protect aphids against a fungal pathogen

(2012) Piotr Łukasik et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The Impact of Phloem Nutrients on Overwintering Mountain Pine Beetles and Their Fungal Symbionts

(2012) Devin W. Goodsman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Characterizing the physical and genetic structure of the lodgepole pine × jack pine hybrid zone: mosaic structure and differential introgression

(2012) Catherine I. Cullingham et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Variation in carbon availability, defense chemistry and susceptibility to fungal invasion along the stems of mature trees

(2012) Devin W. Goodsman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Differential effects of plant ontogeny and damage type on phloem and foliage monoterpenes in jack pine (Pinus banksiana)

(2012) N. Erbilgin et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

(2011) Thomas S. Davis et al.   ECOLOGY

Genetic architecture and phenotypic plasticity of thermally-regulated traits in an eruptive species, Dendroctonus ponderosae

(2011) Barbara J. Bentz et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

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

(2010) Barbara J. Bentz et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Novel insect-tree associations resulting from accidental and intentional biological ‘invasions’: a meta-analysis of effects on insect fitness

(2010) Coralie Bertheau et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Direct and indirect effects of alien insect herbivores on ecological processes and interactions in forests of eastern North America

(2009) Kamal J. K. Gandhi et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

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

Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

(2009) Gian-Reto Walther et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2008) Kenneth F. Raffa et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Ecological fitting by phenotypically flexible genotypes: implications for species associations, community assembly and evolution

(2008) Salvatore J. Agosta et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Bacterial Protection of Beetle-Fungus Mutualism

(2008) J. J. Scott et al.   SCIENCE

Plant Immunity to Insect Herbivores

(2007) Gregg A. Howe et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology