Despite the damage incurred by recent hurricanes, notably Hurricane Michael in 2018, the pine tree industry in Florida still is a major contributor to the state’s economy. This industry includes the ...

Bark beetles and their associated ophiostomatoid fungi represent a complex and dynamic symbiosis with profound ecological and economic implications. These insects, notably within the genus Ips, ...

Comparisons of intraspecific spatial synchrony across multiple epidemic insect species can be useful for generating hypotheses about major determinants of population patterns at larger scales. The ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KVAL) — One hundred million years ago, as iguanodons and triceratops fled from hungry tyrannosaurs, another biological drama played out on the ground where the giant reptiles trod: ...

A version of this article first appeared in The Panama City News Herald (NewsHerald.com) on July 11, 2019. We are 10 months post-Hurricane Michael, and just as we thought we had dealt with most of the ...

An ecologist investigates pest infestation in forests with mixed and monoculture tree stands. In recent years, foresters have been able to observe it up close: First, prolonged drought weakens the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The bark beetle Ips typographus has different hibernation environments, under the bark of standing trees or in the forest litter, which is ...

Banner image: A forest in the San Juan range of the Rocky Mountains, with dead Engelmann spruce trees alongside live aspen trees. (Credit: Robert Andrus) Bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire alone are ...

11:07 a.m. June 29, 2022: A previous version of this story misspelled Constance Millar’s first name. Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic ...

Washington residents have reported uncharacteristically high numbers of dead and dying Douglas Fir trees to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) this spring and summer. The ...