The ambrosia beetle–fungus farming symbiosis is more heterogeneous than previously
thought. There is not one but many ambrosia symbioses. Beetle-fungus specificity is clade …

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 …

Background We challenge the oft-repeated claim that the beetles (Coleoptera) are the most
species-rich order of animals. Instead, we assert that another order of insects, the …

Climate change is altering legacies of native insect-caused disturbances and contributing to
non-native invasions globally. Many insect fitness traits are temperature dependent and …

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Interactions between water stress and induced defenses and their role in tree mortality due
to bark beetles are poorly understood. We performed a factorial experiment on 48 mature …

Ips typographus (L.) and Pityogenes chalcographus (L.)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are two
common bark beetle species on Norway spruce in Eurasia. Multiple biotic and abiotic factors …

Diapause, a strategy to endure unfavourable conditions (eg cold winters) is commonly found
in ectothermic organisms and is characterized by an arrest of development and …

There is considerable interest in applying entomopathogenic fungi as a biological control to
limit insect populations due to their low environmental and human applicator impacts …

Bark beetles play an important role as agents of natural renovation and regeneration in
coniferous forests. Several studies have documented the metabolic capacity of bacteria …