Context Forest landscapes worldwide are shaped by abiotic drivers such as fire, windstorms,
and drought, but also by biotic drivers like insect pests and pathogens. Although the effects …

Pine wilt disease (PWD) is a serious threat to pine forests. Combining unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV) images and deep learning (DL) techniques to identify infected pines is the …

Pine wilt disease (PWD) is currently one of the main causes of large-scale forest destruction.
To control the spread of PWD, it is essential to detect affected pine trees quickly. This study …

Abstract Context The pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, has been identified
as being responsible for the decline of pine forests in Portugal, since its detection in the …

Pine wilt disease (PWD) is a devastating plant disease caused by the pinewood nematode
(PWN, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) that is transmitted by several beetle species in the …

The invasive pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, causal agent of
pine wilt disease, was first reported in Europe, near Lisbon, in 1999, and has since then …

Outbreaks of pine wilt disease (PWD, caused by the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus
xylophilus), have caused mass mortality of the genus Pinus in Eurasia. Climate change may …

Hydrocarbons (HCs) present on the epicuticle of terrestrial insects are not only used to
reduce water loss but are also used as chemical signals. The cytochrome p450 CYP4G …

Direct effects of temperature on plant pathogens can be crucial to determine the onset and
epidemiology of disease. The pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, the causal …

Niche theory, neutral theory, and more recently the unifying theory of biodiversity offer
alternative views of the structure (or not) of ecological communities. The relative importance …