Prescribed fire reduces insect infestation in Karuk and Yurok acorn resource systems

AA Halpern, WP Sousa, FK Lake, TJ Carlson… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prescribed fire is used extensively as a management tool in fire-adapted landscapes of the
American West to maintain ecosystem structure and function while reducing wildfire risk …

Annual variability in the sound acorn production of Quercus serrata is regulated by a seed‐predatory weevil in western Japan

K Hirayama, K Mizo, M Tatsuno… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In plants, processes from flowering to seed maturation are influenced by various factors,
including weather conditions, resource supply, and damage inflicted by seed predators, that …

[HTML][HTML] Hard Nut to Crack. Acorn Hardness Implications on Oviposition of the Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium Marsham, 1802 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

M Reut, E Jakubczyk, M Chrabąszcz, H Moniuszko - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Curculio glandium females associated with the pedunculate oak were investigated in order
to fill the knowledge gap on acorn structure preferences and shell-hardening influence on …

[HTML][HTML] Are the Interactions between Oaks and Pre-Dispersal Seed Predators Retained in Urban Environments? An Analysis of Two Quercus Species in Southern …

H Díaz-Guzmán, EJ González, C Bonfil - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
As urbanization proceeds, natural ecosystems surrounding cities are transformed, but
usually some elements persist, notably trees from forest ecosystems. However, it is still …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Fruit Sizes of Two Camellia Trees on the Larval Sizes of Curculio styracis (Roelofs, 1875): Testing the Endoparasitoid Body Size Hypothesis

Z Li, Z Yang, Y Li - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In endoparasitoids that feed within small discrete resource patches, such
as seeds or fruits, body size could be subject to a trade-off: larger size could lead to …