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Fall 2021
Dispersal is one of the most important life-history events facing an individual, but how and why individuals arrive at the decision to leave home is largely unknown. This decision has immediate and lifelong fitness consequences. Therefore, understanding how individuals make dispersal decisions is...
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Influence of Semiochemical Cues on Mountain Pine Beetle Flight and Subsequent Effect of Flight on Host Colonisation Processes
DownloadFall 2019
The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an aggressive pine pest in western North America. This beetle undergoes cyclical population outbreaks, and in the most recent outbreak the beetle expanded its range to the north and east. During this range...
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Molecular analysis of lodgepole and jack pine seedlings response to inoculation by mountain pine beetle fungal associate Grosmannia clavigera under well watered and water deficit
DownloadFall 2016
To date mountain pine beetle (MPB) has affected more than 19 million ha. of pine forests in Canada. The primary species affected by the current outbreak has been lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), however as MPB range expands eastward beyond its historical habitat, the bark beetle has encountered a...
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Fall 2020
Dispersal by flight is a complex life history phase in many insects that is essential to gene flow and range expansion. Many elements contribute to realized dispersal, including biotic and abiotic environmental conditions, as well as intrinsic factors such as morphology, physiology and behavior....