TY - JOUR
T1 - Bark Beetle Population Dynamics in the Anthropocene
T2 - Challenges and Solutions
AU - Biedermann, Peter H.W.
AU - Müller, Jörg
AU - Grégoire, Jean Claude
AU - Gruppe, Axel
AU - Hagge, Jonas
AU - Hammerbacher, Almuth
AU - Hofstetter, Richard W.
AU - Kandasamy, Dineshkumar
AU - Kolarik, Miroslav
AU - Kostovcik, Martin
AU - Krokene, Paal
AU - Sallé, Aurélien
AU - Six, Diana L.
AU - Turrini, Tabea
AU - Vanderpool, Dan
AU - Wingfield, Michael J.
AU - Bässler, Claus
N1 - Funding Information:
This Opinion article is the outcome of a workshop held in the Bavarian Forest National Park in March 2017. We acknowledge generous funding from the National Park authorities for this event. P.H.W.B. and T.T. acknowledge funding by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) (project number 626279 ) and by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Emmy Noether grant number BI 1956/1-1 ). P.K. was funded by a Toppforsk grant ( 249958/F20 ) from the Norwegian Research Council , D.K. and A.H. were funded by the Max Planck Society , and M.W. received support from the South African Department of Science and Technology / National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology.
Funding Information:
This Opinion article is the outcome of a workshop held in the Bavarian Forest National Park in March 2017. We acknowledge generous funding from the National Park authorities for this event. P.H.W.B. and T.T. acknowledge funding by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) (project number 626279) and by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Emmy Noether grant number BI 1956/1-1). P.K. was funded by a Toppforsk grant (249958/F20) from the Norwegian Research Council, D.K. and A.H. were funded by the Max Planck Society, and M.W. received support from the South African Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s)
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Tree-killing bark beetles are the most economically important insects in conifer forests worldwide. However, despite >200 years of research, the drivers of population eruptions and crashes are still not fully understood and the existing knowledge is thus insufficient to face the challenges posed by the Anthropocene. We critically analyze potential biotic and abiotic drivers of population dynamics of an exemplary species, the European spruce bark beetle (ESBB) (Ips typographus) and present a multivariate approach that integrates the many drivers governing this bark beetle system. We call for hypothesis-driven, large-scale collaborative research efforts to improve our understanding of the population dynamics of this and other bark beetle pests. Our approach can serve as a blueprint for tackling other eruptive forest insects.
AB - Tree-killing bark beetles are the most economically important insects in conifer forests worldwide. However, despite >200 years of research, the drivers of population eruptions and crashes are still not fully understood and the existing knowledge is thus insufficient to face the challenges posed by the Anthropocene. We critically analyze potential biotic and abiotic drivers of population dynamics of an exemplary species, the European spruce bark beetle (ESBB) (Ips typographus) and present a multivariate approach that integrates the many drivers governing this bark beetle system. We call for hypothesis-driven, large-scale collaborative research efforts to improve our understanding of the population dynamics of this and other bark beetle pests. Our approach can serve as a blueprint for tackling other eruptive forest insects.
KW - bark beetle
KW - biotic interactions
KW - forest insect pest
KW - global change
KW - population dynamics
KW - symbiosis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.002
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31262532
AN - SCOPUS:85068007398
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 34
SP - 914
EP - 924
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 10
ER -