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As climate change and pests put increasing pressure on forests, the right forest management practices are emerging as key to preserving biodiversity. A recent study published in Forest Ecosystems ...

Ireland has so far been spared the ravages of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, which has killed hundreds of millions of spruce across Europe in just the last decade. But the insect is now edging ...

An international research team demonstrates that the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) uses volatile fungal metabolites of plant defense substances as important chemical signals in their ...

Bark beetles may use receptors in their antennae to detect and feast on fungus-infected trees. The Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) – found in Europe, Asia and some parts of Africa – ...

The bark beetles are here. Actually, the bark beetles that kill mountain trees are always around, San Juan National Forest representatives told a small group of Vallecito residents Tuesday evening.

Fungi may help some tree-killer beetles turn a tree’s natural defense system against itself. This fungi-made perfume might explain why bark beetles tend to swarm the same tree. As climate change makes ...

CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany (AP) — Nestled in the spruce trees in the Harz mountains of northern Germany is a bark-eating pest not much bigger than a sesame seed. Known as “book printers” for the ...

William Burroughs from Alaska Tree Care Professionals takes down a tree killed by spruce bark beetle. (Photo by Jeff Lowenfels) My good friend Wayne calls our large spruce trees “monarchs” and he is ...

My good friend Wayne calls our large spruce trees “monarchs” and he is correct. These stately specimens start out as small studs in the landscape, but have the capability of growing tall enough to ...