Bark Beetle Population Dynamics in the Anthropocene: Challenges and Solutions

Peter H.W. Biedermann; Jörg Müller; Jean Claude Grégoire; Axel Gruppe; Jonas Hagge; Almuth Hammerbacher; Richard W. Hofstetter; Dineshkumar Kandasamy; Miroslav Kolarik; Martin Kostovcik; Paal Krokene; Aurélien Sallé; Diana L. Six; Tabea Turrini; Dan Vanderpool; Michael J. Wingfield; Claus Bässler

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.002

Bark Beetle Population Dynamics in the Anthropocene: Challenges and Solutions

Peter H.W. Biedermann, Jörg Müller, Jean Claude Grégoire, Axel Gruppe, Jonas Hagge, Almuth Hammerbacher, Richard W. Hofstetter, Dineshkumar Kandasamy, Miroslav Kolarik, Martin Kostovcik, Paal Krokene, Aurélien Sallé, Diana L. Six, Tabea Turrini, Dan Vanderpool, Michael J. Wingfield, Claus Bässler

W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	914-924
Number of pages	11
Journal	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume	34
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.002
State	Published - Oct 2019

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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. 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.

Funder number
626279
BI 1956/1-1
249958/F20

Keywords

bark beetle
biotic interactions
forest insect pest
global change
population dynamics
symbiosis

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Biedermann, P. H. W., Müller, J., Grégoire, J. C., Gruppe, A., Hagge, J., Hammerbacher, A., Hofstetter, R. W., Kandasamy, D., Kolarik, M., Kostovcik, M., Krokene, P., Sallé, A., Six, D. L., Turrini, T., Vanderpool, D., Wingfield, M. J., & Bässler, C. (2019). Bark Beetle Population Dynamics in the Anthropocene: Challenges and Solutions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34(10), 914-924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.002

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