Wood ants as biological control of the forest pest beetles Ips spp.

Abstract Climate change is one of the major threats to biodiversity, but its impact varies among the species. Bark beetles (Ips spp.), as well as other wood-boring pests of European forests, show escalating numbers in response to the changes driven by climate change and seriously affect the survival...

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Main Authors: Gema Trigos-Peral, Orsolya Juhász, Péter János Kiss, Gábor Módra, Anna Tenyér, István Maák
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96990-5