Using physiology to understand climate-driven changes in disease and their implications for conservation

JR Rohr, TR Raffel, AR Blaustein… - Conservation …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Controversy persists regarding the contributions of climate change to biodiversity losses,
through its effects on the spread and emergence of infectious diseases. One of the reasons …

Host range of Fusarium dieback and its ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) vector in southern California

A Eskalen, R Stouthamer, SC Lynch… - Plant …, 2013 - Am Phytopath Society
The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) is an invasive ambrosia beetle that forms a
symbiosis with a new, as-yet-undescribed Fusarium sp., together causing Fusarium dieback …

Unexpected redwood mortality from synergies between wildfire and an emerging infectious disease

MR Metz, JM Varner, KM Frangioso… - Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
An under‐examined component of global change is the alteration of disturbance regimes
due to warming climates, continued species invasions, and accelerated land‐use change …

Identification and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) decline in southern California

SC Lynch, A Eskalen, PJ Zambino, JS Mayorquin… - Mycologia, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Symptoms of decline have been observed on dying coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees
in areas throughout southern California that are both infested and uninfested by the gold …

E-probe Diagnostic Nucleic acid Analysis (EDNA): a theoretical approach for handling of next generation sequencing data for diagnostics

AH Stobbe, J Daniels, AS Espindola, R Verma… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Plant biosecurity requires rapid identification of pathogenic organisms. While there are many
pathogen-specific diagnostic assays, the ability to test for large numbers of pathogens …

Combining field epidemiological information and genetic data to comprehensively reconstruct the invasion history and the microevolution of the sudden oak death …

PJP Croucher, S Mascheretti, M Garbelotto - Biological Invasions, 2013 - Springer
Understanding the migration patterns of invasive organisms is of paramount importance to
predict and prevent their further spread. Previous attempts at reconstructing the entire history …

Unique challenges facing southwestern tribes

MH Redsteer, K Bemis, K Chief, M Gautam… - Assessment of climate …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The Southwestern United States is home to 182 federally recognized tribes
(Federal Register 2010, Figure 17.1). California has the largest number of tribes (109), and …

Fungal species assemblages associated with Phytophthora ramorum-infected coast live oaks following bark and ambrosia beetle colonization in northern California

BA McPherson, N Erbilgin, P Bonello… - Forest ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death (SOD), has killed large
numbers of coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia), California black oaks (Q. kelloggii), canyon …

Extinction cascades partially estimate herbivore losses in a complete Lepidoptera–plant food web

IS Pearse, F Altermatt - Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The loss of species from an ecological community can have cascading effects leading to the
extinction of other species. Specialist herbivores are highly diverse and may be particularly …

Impacts of laurel wilt disease on redbay (Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.) population structure and forest communities in the coastal plain of Georgia, USA

KS Spiegel, LM Leege - Biological Invasions, 2013 - Springer
Laurel wilt disease (LWD), a fungal disease vectored by the non-native redbay ambrosia
beetle (Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff), has caused mortality of redbay (Persea borbonia (L.) …