Publications

Feb 2016

Temporal and interspecific variation in rates of spread for insect species invading Europe during the last 200 years

Roques, Alain, Auger-Rozenberg, Marie-Anne , Blackburn, Tim M. , Garnas, JR et al.

Biological Invasions

Globalization is triggering an increase in the establishment of alien insects in Europe, with several species having substantial...

Feb 2016

Population biology of the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in Galicia, Spain

Lombardero MJ, Ayres MP, Krivak-Tetley FE, Fitza KNE

Bulletin of Entomological Research

AbstractSirex noctilioFabricius (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) is rare and rarely studied where it is native in Eurasia, but is a...

Feb 2016

Novel and co-evolved associations between insects and microorganisms as drivers of forest pestilence

Wingfield MJ, Garnas JR, Hajek A, Hurley BP et al.

Biological Invasions

Abstract Some of the most devastating diseases of trees involve associations between forest insects and microorganisms....

Feb 2016

Botryosphaeriaceae associated with the die-back of ornamental trees in the Western Balkans

Zlatković M, Keca N, Wingfield MJ, Jami F et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Extensive die-back and mortality of various ornamental trees and shrubs has been observed in parts of the Western Balkans region...

Feb 2016

Population genetics and symbiont assemblages support different invasion scenarios for the red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens)

Taerum SJ, Konečný A, de Beer ZW, Cibrian-Tovar D et al.

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Keywords: approximate Bayesian computation;biogeography;biological invasion;forest insect;population genetics;symbiosis Exotic...

Feb 2016

Population structure of Holocryphia capensis (Cryphonectriaceae) from Metrosideros angustifolia and its pathogenicity to Eucalyptus species

Chen SF, van der Merwe NA, Wingfield MJ, Roux J

Australasian Plant Pathology

2016

A latex metabolite benefits plant fitness under root herbivore attack

Huber M, Epping J, Gronover CS, Fricke J et al.

PLoS Biology

Feb 2016

Novel ophiostomatalean fungi from galleries of Cyrtogenius africus (Scolytinae) infesting dying Euphorbia ingens

Van der Linde JA, Six DL, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Euphorbia ingens trees have been dying in large numbers in the Limpopo Province of South Africa for approximately 15 years. The...

Mar 2016

Dual RNA-sequencing of Eucalyptus nitens during Phytophthora cinnamomi challenge reveals pathogen and host factors influencing compatibility

Meyer FE, Shuey LS, Ramsuchit S, Mamni T et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science

Damage caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands remains an important concern on forest tree species. The pathogen causes root and...