Insects are major components of forest ecosystems, representing most of the biological
diversity and affecting virtually all processes and uses. In the USA, bark beetles (Coleoptera …

The purview of chemical ecology and the recent criticisms of improper application of theory
to bark beetle phenomena is briefly discussed. Seven levels of research in chemical ecology …

The field of political anthropology is complicated by a breadth and depth of interests that
include every kind of ethnographically and historically represented political community, and …

Dendroctonus Erichson is a relatively small genus, but one with a disproportionately large
impact on coniferous forests. Its name is particularly suitable (Dendro-tree,-tonus destroyer) …

Ips typographus (L.) and Pityogenes chalcographus (L.)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are two
common bark beetle species on Norway spruce in Eurasia. Multiple biotic and abiotic factors …

Higher temperatures and extreme drought events are promoting insect-driven tree mortality.
However, there is great uncertainty about the impact of extreme climatic variations on the …

Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) play important roles in temperate
conifer ecosystems, and also cause substantial economic losses. Although their general life …

The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, and the pine engraver, Ips
pini (Say), often co-exist in lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelmann. Intra-and …

Larvae of the Carolina sawyer Monochamus carolinensis (Olivier)(Cerambycidae) and bark
beetle larvae (Scolytidae) often simultaneously feed in phloem of recently killed pine trees …

Mammal feces are the primary food and nesting resource for the majority of dung beetle
species, and larval development depends on the quantity and quality of that resource …