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2024-04-18
“Honey Bees as a Biomonitor for Air Pollutants” is a poster created for the Student Academic Conference for an environmental chemistry course at the University of Alberta - Augustana Campus. This research poster examines the mechanisms by which honey bees detect air pollutants in their...
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Fall 2017
Bees are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems and provide valuable ecosystem services to both natural and agricultural landscapes. It estimated that 87.5% of native plants benefit from pollination, including 1/3 of global food crops. Additionally, pollination by bees provides maximized...
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Phoretic mite associates of mountain pine beetle at the leading edge of an infestation in northwestern Alberta, Canada
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Proctor, H. C., Evenden, M. L., Mori, B. A., Walter, D. E.
Abstract: We identified species of mites phoretically associated with mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), collected from bolts of lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta Douglas ex Louden (Pinaceae), and pheromone-baited traps in northwestern...
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Phytochemicals as mediators for host range expansion of a native invasive forest insect herbivore.
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Mountain pine beetle (MPB, Dendroctonus ponderosae) has recently breached the geo-climatic barrier of the northern Rocky Mountains and invaded novel jack pine (Pinus banksiana) forests in western Canada. This breach signifies an unprecedented climate change-induced invasion of a new plant biome...
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TRIA-Net: 10 years of collaborative research on turning risk into action for the mountain pine beetle epidemic
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James, Patrick M.A., Huber, Dezene P.W.
Forest insects are showing increasing intensity of outbreaks and expanded ranges, and this has become a major challenge for forest managers. An understanding of these systems often depends upon detailed examination of complex interactions involving multiple organisms. In 2013, a team of...