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Colonization of weakened trees by mass-attacking bark beetles: no penalty for pioneers, scattered initial distributions and final regular patterns

Bark beetles use aggregation pheromones to promote group foraging, thus increasing the chances of an individual to find a host and, when relevant, to overwhelm the defences of healthy trees. When a male beetle finds a suitable host, it releases pheromones that attract potential mates as well as othe...

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Autores principales: Toffin, Etienne, Gabriel, Edith, Louis, Marceau, Deneubourg, Jean-Louis, Grégoire, Jean-Claude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29410791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170454