Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions

By K. Raffa, B. Aukema, B. Bentz, A. Carroll, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Monica G. Turner, W. H. Romme. 2008

1,693 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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In Ecology

1. A. Jönsson
2. B. Bentz
3. C. Fettig
4. R. Haack
5. C. Bigler
6. N. Stephenson
7. Harald Bugmann
8. L. M. Schroeder

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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2. R. Brandl
3. Martin Schroeder
4. H. Bussler
5. C. Bässler
6. C. Gehring
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8. C. Allen

In Insect Science

1. A. Jönsson
2. Jörg C Müller
3. C. Fettig
4. R. Haack
5. R. Brandl
6. C. Bässler
7. H. Bussler
8. L. M. Schroeder

Citations in the corpus

• The gut microbiota of insects - diversity in structure and function. (2013, positive): “losses and environmental degradation (Paine et al., 1997; Raffa et al., 2008).”
• Mountain Pine Beetle Voltinism and Life History Characteristics across Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients in the Western United States (2014, background): “…in susceptible forests are a by-product of a series of positive feedbacks that allow population size to increase enough that larger trees with more food, but also more defenses, are able to be overcome through sheer numbers of beetles attacking a tree, coined a mass attack (Raffa et al. 2008).”
• Climate Change and Bark Beetles of the Western United States and Canada: Direct and Indirect Effects (2010, background): “In contrast, although drought stress facilitated progression from an incipient to epidemic mountain pine beetle population in British Columbia, a significant correlation with precipitation was no longer found after the beetle population became self-amplifying (Raffa et al. 2008).”
• Massive mortality of aspen following severe drought along the southern edge of the Canadian boreal forest (2011, background): “, 2009) in combination with climatically induced, regional-scale outbreaks of bark beetles and other pests (Carroll et al., 2004; Breshears et al., 2005; Raffa et al., 2008).”
• Spatial interactions between storm damage and subsequent infestations by the European spruce bark beetle (2014, positive): “Thus, bark beetles are considered one of the most important biotic disturbance agents in forest ecosystems (Dale et al., 2001; Schelhaas et al., 2003; Raffa et al., 2008).”
• Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles in the USA: potential and current invaders (2013, background): “For example, of the 195 scolytine species recorded in Canada, only five are unique to Canada, while 190 are also present in the USA (Wood and Bright, 1992; Bright and Skidmore, 1997, 2002).”
• Modelling the impact of climate change on the interaction between grapevine and its pests and pathogens: European grapevine moth and powdery mildew (2012, background): “Recent works show that these changes are already taking place (Battisti et al., 2005; Raffa et al., 2008), and important insect-pests like the grapevine moth are producing additional broods compared to past decades (Pavan et al., 2006; Martin-Vertedor et al., 2010).”
• Global gross primary productivity and water use efficiency changes under drought stress (2017, background): “Studies by van Mantgem et al (2009) and Raffa et al (2008) reported that tree mortality rates increased in the forests of western North America during the past decade.”