Do water‐limiting conditions predispose <scp>N</scp>orway spruce to bark beetle attack?

Netherer, Sigrid; Matthews, Bradley; Katzensteiner, Klaus; Blackwell, Emma; Henschke, Patrick; Hietz, Peter; Pennerstorfer, Josef; Rosner, Sabine; B. Kikuta, Silvia; Schume, Helmut; Schopf, Axel

doi:10.1111/nph.13166

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

Published in New Phytologist • Nov 21, 2014

Authors:

Sigrid Netherer

Bradley Matthews

Klaus Katzensteiner

Abstract

Drought is considered to enhance susceptibility of Norway spruce (Picea abies) to infestations by the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus, Coleoptera: Curculionidae), although empirical evidence is scarce. We studied the impact of experimentally induced drought on tree water status and cons...

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Twig

Curculionidae

Bark beetle

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