The boreal forests of Fennoscandia are largely dominated by Norway spruce and Scots
pine. Conifer monocultures have been favoured in forest management during the last …

Resilience and functionality of European Norway spruce forests are increasingly threatened
by mass outbreaks of the bark beetle Ips typographus promoted by heat, wind throw and …

The outbreaks of Ips typographus (L.) in Central Europe after severe storms in the 1990s
triggered extensive research. Molecular techniques were used to analyze the relations and …

Biodiversity loss from plant communities is often acknowledged to affect primary production
but little is known about effects on herbivores. We conducted a meta‐analysis of a worldwide …

Abstract 1 When searching for suitable hosts in flight, especially in mixed forests, conifer‐
inhabiting bark beetles will encounter not only suitable host trees and their odours, but also …

The notion that biodiversity leads to stability of ecosystems is the subject of an ongoing
debate in ecology (McCann 2000). An early proponent of this theory (Elton 1958) was partly …

Exotic ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the tribe Xyleborini include
destructive pests of trees growing in horticultural cropping systems. Three species are …

In recent decades we have seen rapid and co‐occurring changes in landscape structure,
species distributions and even climate as consequences of human activity. Such changes …

Abstract Bark beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) spend most of their life in tissues of host
plants, with several species representing economically relevant pests. Their behaviour is …

The frequency of large-scale insect outbreaks is expected to increase with climate change,
and the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is a major forest pest in Europe that …