Nonnative insects and pathogens pose major threats to forest ecosystems worldwide,
greatly diminishing the ecosystem services trees provide. Given the high global diversity of …

Forest managers are facing unprecedented challenges from rapid changes in forest pests.
The core causes are changes in climate, land use, and global distributions of organisms …

Invasive insects and pathogens are prominent tree mortality agents in forests around the
world, and the magnitude of their impacts is increasing. Comparative studies across multiple …

Abstract Sirex noctilio F.(Hymenoptera: Siricidae) is a major exotic pest of pines (Pinus spp.)
in the Southern Hemisphere and has become established in northeastern North America …

Functional traits are useful for comparing the resource use of invasive and native species,
with goals of identifying resource overlap to predict competitive interactions. The invasion of …

The mutualism between siricid woodwasps and Amylostereum fungal symbionts has long
been considered to be species-specific. Recent studies from North America have …

The synergy of biotic and abiotic stress factors influences the response in growth, resistance,
recovery and resilience of forest systems. This study used a dendrochronological approach …

Accidental and intentional global movement of species has increased the frequency of novel
plant–insect interactions. In Patagonia, the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, has invaded …

Parasitic nematodes and hymenopteran parasitoids have been introduced and used
extensively to control invasive Eurasian Sirex noctilio woodwasps in pine plantations in the …

The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is the primary biological control agent of Sirex noctilio,
a globally invading woodwasp pest of Pinus species. Preliminary studies on the diversity of …