Research Catalog

Title

Beetle-pathogen interactions in conifer forests / edited by T.D. Schowalter and G.M. Filip.

Publication

London ; San Diego : Academic Press, ©1993.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Schowalter, Timothy Duane, 1952-
• Filip, Gregory M.

Description

x, 252 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

This text discusses advances in bark beetle and pathogen systematics; environmental and host factors predisposing trees to bark beetle or pathogen colonization; mechanism of interaction between bark beetles and pathogens; effects on trees and forest ecosystems; and management strategies.

Series Statement

Applied botany and crop science

Uniform Title

Applied botany and crop science.

Subject

• Bark beetles > Ecology > North America
• Bark beetles > Pathogens > North America
• Bark beetles > Host plants > North America
• Insect-plant relationships > North America
• Forest ecology > North America
• Conifers > Ecology > North America
• Bark beetles > Ecology
• Insects as carriers of plant disease
• Host-parasite relationships
• Conifers > Diseases and pests > North America
• Host-Parasite Interactions
• Insects as carriers of plant disease
• Host-parasite relationships
• Conifers > Diseases and pests
• Bark beetles > Host plants
• Conifers > Ecology
• Forest ecology
• Insect-plant relationships
• Scolytidés > Amérique du Nord > Écologie
• Scolytes de l'écorce > Amérique du Nord
• Relations insecte-plante > Amérique du Nord
• Écologie des forêts > Amérique du Nord
• Conifères > Amérique du Nord > Écologie
• North America

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Bark beetle -- pathogen-conifer interactions: an overview / T.D. Schowalter and G.M. Filip -- 2. Systematics of bark beetles / D.E. Bright -- 3. Biology and taxonomy of fungi associated with bark beetles / T.C. Harrington -- 4. Abiotic and biotic predisposition / T.D. Paine and F.A. Baker -- 5. Environmental stress and whole-tree physiology / P.L. Lorio Jr. -- 6. Strategies and mechanisms of host colonization by bark beetles / K.F. Raffa, T.W. Phillips and S.M. Salom -- 7. Invertebrate and microbial associates / F.M. Stephen, C.W. Berisford, D.L. Dahlsten, P. Fenn and J.C. Moser -- 8. Host response to bark beetle and pathogen colonization / T.E. Nebeker, J.D. Hodges and C.A. Blanche -- 9. Effects of pathogens and bark beetles on forests / D.J. Goheen and E.M. Hansen -- 10. Modeling interactions / C.G. Shaw III and B.B. Eav -- 11. Managing root disease and bark beetles / S. Hagle and R. Schmitz -- 12. Synopsis / G.M. Filip and T.D. Schowalter -- Appendix 1: Scientific and common names of trees and shrubs -- Appendix 2: Scientific and common names of insects -- Appendix 3: Scientific names of mites -- Appendix 4: Scientific names of pathogens and common names of resulting diseases.

ISBN

• 0126289700
• 9780126289701

LCCN

93226217

OCLC

• ocm29189233
• 29189233
• SCSB-2001751

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library