Colonization of weakened trees by mass-attacking bark beetles: no penalty for pioneers, scattered initial distributions and final regular patterns

Autor: Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Jeane Claude Gregoire, Edith Gabriel, Marceau Louis, Ettienne Toffin

Publikováno v: Royal Society Open Science
Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society, 2018, 5 (1), ⟨10.1098/rsos.170454⟩
Royal Society Open Science, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2018)
The Bark Beetles, Fuels, and Fire Bibliography
Royal Society Open Science 1 (5), . (2018)
Royal Society open science, 5 (1

Bark beetles use aggregation pheromones to promote group foraging, thus increasing the chances of an individual to find a host and, when relevant, to overwhelm the defences of healthy trees. When a male beetle finds a suitable host, it releases phero

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https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170454