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Ecological Interactions of Bark Beetles with Host Trees Psyche Ecological Interactions of Bark Beetles with Host Trees Guest Editors: John A. Byers, Steven J. Seybold, Brian T. Sullivan, and Qing-He Zhang Ecological Interactions of Bark Beetles with Host Trees Psyche Ecological Interactions of Bark Beetles with Host Trees Guest Editors: John A. Byers, Steven J. Seybold, Brian T. Sullivan, and Qing-He Zhang Copyright © 2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Psyche.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board Toshiharu Akino, Japan Lawrence G. Harshman, USA Lynn M. Riddiford, USA Sandra Allan, USA Abraham Hefetz, Israel S. K. A. Robson, Australia Arthur G. Appel, USA John Heraty, USA C. Rodriguez-Saona, USA Michel Baguette, France Richard James Hopkins, Sweden Gregg Roman, USA Donald Barnard, USA Fuminori Ito, Japan David Roubik, USA Rosa Barrio, Spain DavidG.James,USA Leopoldo M. Rueda, USA David T. Bilton, UK Bjarte H. Jordal, Norway Bertrand Schatz, France Guy Bloch, Israel Russell Jurenka, USA Sonja J. Scheffer, USA Anna-karin Borg-karlson, Sweden Debapratim Kar Chowdhuri, India Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, USA M. D. Breed, USA Jan Klimaszewski, Canada Nicolas Schtickzelle, Belgium Grzegorz Buczkowski, USA Shigeyuki Koshikawa, USA Kent S. Shelby, USA Rita Cervo, Italy Vladimir Kostal, Czech Republic Toru Shimada, Japan In Sik Chung, Republic of Korea Opender Koul, India Dewayne Shoemaker, USA C. Claudianos, Australia Ai-Ping Liang, China Chelsea T. Smartt, USA David Bruce Conn, USA Paul Linser, USA Pradya Somboon, Thailand J. Corley, Argentina Nathan Lo, Australia George J. Stathas, Greece Leonardo Dapporto, Italy Jean N. K. Maniania, Kenya Neal Stewart, USA Lilia I. de Guzman, USA Richard W. Mankin, USA Jeffrey J. Stuart, USA JacquesH.C.Delabie,Brazil Robert Matthews, USA Nan-Yao Su, USA Kleber Del-Claro, Brazil Terrence P. McGlynn, USA Keiji Takasu, Japan Emmanuel Desouhant, France George Melika, Hungary Gianluca Tettamanti, Italy Claude Desplan, USA Kyung Jin Min, Republic of Korea James E. Throne, USA Ibrahima Dia, Senegal Andrew Mitchell, Australia P. G. Tillman, USA Daniel Doucet, Canada Toru Miura, Japan Zeljko Tomanovic, Serbia Falko P. Drijfhout, UK Donald Mullins, USA Dennis Vanengelsdorp, USA G. B. Dunphy, Canada Ephantus J. Muturi, USA Martin H. Villet, South Africa Mark A. Elgar, Australia Francesco Nardi, Italy William T. Wcislo, Panama JayD.Evans,USA Jan Nawrot, Poland DianaE.Wheeler,USA Guido Favia, Italy Ioannis P. Nezis, UK Craig R. Williams, Australia G. Wilson Fernandes, Brazil James Charles Nieh, USA Donald M. Windsor, Panama Brian Forschler, USA Fernando B. Noll, Brazil Chun Fang Wu, USA Frederic Francis, Belgium Patrick M. O’Grady, USA Xuguo Zhou, USA Cleber´ Galvao,˜ Brazil Reddy Palli, USA Kun Yan Zhu, USA Christopher J. Geden, USA Gerald S. Pollack, Canada Yu Cheng Zhu, USA Howard S. Ginsberg, USA Mary Rankin, USA Contents Ecological Interactions of Bark Beetles with Host Trees,JohnA.Byers Volume 2012, Article ID 252961, 3 pages Semiochemical Diversity in Practice: Antiattractant Semiochemicals Reduce Bark Beetle Attacks on Standing Trees—A First Meta-Analysis, Fredrik Schlyter Volume 2012, Article ID 268621, 10 pages Bark Beetles, Pityogenes bidentatus, Orienting to Aggregation Pheromone Avoid Conifer Monoterpene Odors When Flying but Not When Walking,JohnA.Byers Volume 2012, Article ID 940962, 10 pages Pheromone Production, Attraction, and Interspecific Inhibition among Four Species of Ips Bark Beetles in the Southeastern USA,Goran¨ Birgersson, Mark J. Dalusky, Karl E. Espelie, and C. Wayne Berisford Volume 2012, Article ID 532652, 14 pages Host-Tree Monoterpenes and Biosynthesis of Aggregation Pheromones in the Bark Beetle Ips paraconfusus,JohnA.ByersandGoran¨ Birgersson Volume 2012, Article ID 539624, 10 pages A Population Genetic Model of Evolution of Host-Mate Attraction and Nonhost Repulsion in a Bark Beetle Pityogenes bidentatus,JohnA.Byers Volume 2012, Article ID 529573, 9 pages 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol: A Pheromone Component of Conifer Bark Beetles Found in the Bark of Nonhost Deciduous Trees, Qing-He Zhang, Fredrik Schlyter, and Goran¨ Birgersson Volume 2012, Article ID 414508, 7 pages Declining Bark Beetle Densities (Ips typographus, Coleoptera: Scolytinae) from Infested Norway Spruce Stands and Possible Implications for Management, Alexander Angst, Regula Ruegg,¨ and Beat Forster Volume 2012, Article ID 321084, 7 pages Performance of Tomicus yunnanensis and Tomicus minor (Col., Scolytinae) on Pinus yunnanensis and Pinus armandii in Yunnan, Southwestern China, Tao Zhao and Bo Langstr˚ om¨ Volume 2012, Article ID 363767, 6 pages Mechanisms of Odor Coding in Coniferous Bark Beetles: From Neuron to Behavior and Application, Martin N. Andersson Volume 2012, Article ID 149572, 14 pages Attraction of Tomicus yunnanensis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) to Yunnan Pine Logs with and without Periderm or Phloem: An Effective Monitoring Bait,RongChunLu,HongBinWang,ZhenZhang, John A. Byers, You Ju Jin, Hai Feng Wen, and Wen Jian Shi Volume 2012, Article ID 794683, 5 pages Hylastes ater (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Affecting Pinus radiata Seedling Establishment in New Zealand, Stephen D. Reay, Travis R. Glare, and Michael Brownbridge Volume 2012, Article ID 590619, 9 pages Coexistence and Competition between Tomicus yunnanensis and T. minor (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in Yunnan Pine, Rong Chun Lu, Hong Bin Wang, Zhen Zhang, John A. Byers, You Ju Jin, Hai Feng Wen, and Wen Jian Shi Volume 2012, Article ID 185312, 6 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Psyche Volume 2012, Article ID 252961, 3 pages doi:10.1155/2012/252961 Editorial Ecological Interactions of Bark Beetles with Host Trees John A. Byers US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, ARS USDA, 21881 North Cardon Lane, Maricopa, AZ 85138, USA Correspondence should be addressed to John A. Byers, [email protected] Received 9 October 2012; Accepted 9 October 2012 Copyright © 2012 John A. Byers. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Certain species of bark beetles in the insect order Coleoptera, chemicals caused a significant reduction in attacked and family Curculionidae (formerly Scolytidae), are keystone killed trees in most studies. The results were not affected species in forest ecosystems. However, the tree-killing and by publication year and the plots indicated there were little wood-boring bark and ambrosia beetles are also among the bias in reporting of only those studies showing effects of most damaging insects of forest products including lumber, repellents. The use of natural repellents at higher dosages paper, and ornamental/recreational trees. The pest status can allow stressed trees to survive by protecting themselves of these beetles has been elevated with the advance of with their innate defenses. He recommends more precise global warming and moderate to severe area-wide droughts, reporting of results, more unified experimental designs, and exacerbated by mismanagement and prevention of fires over further meta-analyses that include “grey literature” and more decades. The ecology and chemical ecology of bark beetles beetle species. has been and still is an exciting area of research, particularly S. D. Reay et al. in their article “Hylastes ater (Curculion- since bark beetles utilize a wide array of semiochemicals in idae: Scolytinae) affecting Pinus radiata seedling establishment communication and in interactions with plants. Bark beetle in New Zealand” report on the pine bark beetle Hylastes ater chemical ecology is intimately connected and intertwined that was introduced into New Zealand about 100 years ago. with behavioral and physiological processes that are still In the 1950–1970s, biological control was attempted with largely unknown in many species. Development of more effi- limited success, and now there is renewed interest in develop- cient pest management practices will require a much deeper ing a better understanding of the pest status on seedlings and understanding of the ecology of bark beetles facilitated by to evaluate the role of the beetle in vectoring sapstain fungi interdisciplinary observations and experiments on many in order to develop options for management. A number of levels. Potential topics for this special issue include host-tree findings relevant to the New Zealand exotic forest industry finding and selection, resistance by the tree, avoidance of are presented that reveal the role of secondary bark beetles. tree defenses, insect/tree microbial associations, regulation A. Angst et al., Ruegg,¨ and Forster report in their article of colonization density, ecology of predators and parasitoids, “Declining bark beetle densities (Ips typographus, Coleoptera: communication, biosynthesis of semiochemicals, behavioral Scolytinae) from infested Norway spruce stands and possible assays and antennal responses, population management, implications for management” that eight-toothed spruce bark models of dispersal and trapping, and reviews. Many of these beetles (Ips typographus) during the last 20 years have killed topics and others are covered in part in the 12 articles in the millions of cubic meters of standing spruce in central Europe. special issue on “Bark beetle ecology
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