Forest Resistance to Complex Actions of Insects and Pathogens
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2024) | Viewed by 1425
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest entomology; seasonal development of insects; insect population dynamics; habitat preferences; alien forest insects; climate change; forest protection
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Interests: conservation biology; forest ecology; invasive species; IPM; sawflies; pathogens of bark beetles
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Interests: integrated forest management; forest health; forest protection; forest ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The harmfulness of bark- and wood-boring insects depends on their ability to colonize healthy trees, weaken them through maturation feeding, transfer pathogens, and browse the galleries. The fungi or bacteria growing on a plant depends on the virulence of the pathogen, the susceptibility of the host plant, its previous damage by other abiotic or abiotic factors, weather, etc. Each phytophagous insect may be considered a pest in one stand or region but not a pest in another. It depends on the climate; the tree species composition and canopy structure; and the phenological asynchrony between herbivorous insects, host trees, and entomophages. A forest’s resistance to insects and pathogens also depends on the genetic traits and initial health condition of the trees within it, as well as their responses to other natural and anthropogenic disturbances. This Special Issue welcomes novel research focused on various aspects of pest–forest interactions, host tree and forest stand resistance, and tolerance to insect or pathogen damage.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Physical, chemical, constitutive, and inducible tree defenses;
- Host and habitat preferences;
- Resistance of tree clones and hybrids;
- Phenological resistance;
- The role of tree resistance in pest invasions and tree introductions.
Prof. Dr. Valentyna Meshkova
Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Holuša
Dr. Mihai-Leonard Duduman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytophagous forest insects and tree pathogens
- pest injuriousness
- host and habitat preferences
- tree tolerance
- risks of tree damage by insects and pathogens
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