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Wilson CJ, Petrice TR, Poland TM, McCullough DG. Tree species richness and ash density have variable effects on emerald ash borer biological control by woodpeckers and parasitoid wasps in post-invasion white ash stands. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2024; 53:544-560. [PMID: 38912619 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvae060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
Abstract
Emerald ash borer (EAB) (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is the most destructive insect to invade North American forests. Identifying habitat features that support EAB natural enemies is necessary to enhance EAB biological control. In many forest ecosystems, tree species diversity has been linked with reduced pest abundance and increases in natural enemy abundance. We assessed the influence of tree species richness, ash density, and proportion of total ash basal area on ash canopy condition, EAB larval densities, and biocontrol by woodpeckers and parasitoids in pairs of healthy and declining overstory (DBH > 10 cm) and recruit-sized ash (DBH 2-10 cm) in 4 post-invasion forests in Michigan, USA. Tree species richness and ash density were not significantly associated with EAB larval densities, ash canopy dieback and transparency, and woodpecker predation of EAB larvae. In declining and healthy overstory ash, woodpeckers killed 38.5 ± 3.9% and 13.2 ± 3.7% of larvae, respectively, while the native parasitoid Phasgonophora sulcata Westwood killed 15.8 ± 3.8% and 8.3 ± 3.0% and the introduced parasitoid Spathius galinae Belokobylskij & Strazanac killed 10.8 ± 2.5% and 5.0 ± 2.6% of EAB larvae. Parasitism by P. sulcata was inversely related to ash density while parasitism by S. galinae was positively associated with ash density. Ash density, but not tree diversity, appears to differentially influence biological control of EAB by parasitoids, but this effect is not associated with reduced EAB densities or improved canopy condition.
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- Caleb J Wilson
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Shi W, Maqsood I, Liu K, Yu M, Si Y, Rong K. Community Diversity of Fungi Carried by Four Common Woodpeckers in Heilongjiang Province, China. J Fungi (Basel) 2024; 10:389. [PMID: 38921375 PMCID: PMC11204829 DOI: 10.3390/jof10060389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Woodpeckers exhibit selectivity when choosing tree cavities for nest development in forest ecosystems, and fungi play a significant and important role in this ecological process. Therefore, there is a complex and intricate relationship between the various behaviors of woodpeckers and the occurrence of fungal species. Research into the complex bond between fungi and woodpeckers was undertaken to provide more information about this remarkable ecological relationship. Through the process of line transect sampling, woodpecker traces were searched for, and mist nets were set up to capture them. A total of 21 woodpeckers belonging to four species were captured. High-throughput sequencing of the ITS region was performed on fungal-conserved samples to enable an in-depth analysis of the fungal communities linked to the woodpeckers' nests. Members of Ascomycota were the most abundant in the samples, accounting for 91.96% of the total, demonstrating the importance of this group in the forest ecosystem of this station. The statistical results indicate significant differences in the fungal diversity carried by woodpeckers among the different groups. Species of Cladosporium were found to be the most prevalent of all the detected fungal genera, accounting for 49.3%. The top 15 most abundant genera were Cladosporium, Trichoderma, Beauveria, Epicococcum, Hypoxylon, Penicillium, Nigrospora, Aspergillus, Oidiodendron, Cercospora, Talaromyces, Phialemo-nium, Petriella, Cordyceps, and Sistotrema. The standard Bray-Curtis statistical technique was used in a hierarchical clustering analysis to compute inter-sample distances, allowing for the identification of patterns and correlations within the dataset. We discovered that in the grouped samples from woodpeckers, there were differences in the diversity of fungal communities carried by four woodpecker species, but the less dominant fungal species were still similar. The findings highlight the need to consider these diverse ecological linkages in woodpecker research and conservation efforts.
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- Wenhui Shi
- College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Department of Zoology, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar Pakistan, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
- Key Laboratory of Wildlife Conservation Biology, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing 100013, China
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Sun J, Koski TM, Wickham JD, Baranchikov YN, Bushley KE. Emerald Ash Borer Management and Research: Decades of Damage and Still Expanding. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 2024; 69:239-258. [PMID: 37708417 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-012323-032231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Since the discovery of the ash tree (Fraxinus spp.) killer emerald ash borer (EAB; Agrilus planipennis) in the United States in 2002 and Moscow, Russia in 2003, substantial detection and management efforts have been applied to contain and monitor its spread and mitigate impacts. Despite these efforts, the pest continues to spread within North America. It has spread to European Russia and Ukraine and is causing sporadic outbreaks in its native range in China. The dynamics of EAB's range expansion events appear to be linked to the lack of resistant ash trees in invaded ranges, facilitated by the abundance of native or planted North American susceptible ash species. We review recently gained knowledge of the range expansion of EAB; its ecological, economic, and social impacts; and past management efforts with their successes and limitations. We also highlight advances in biological control, mechanisms of ash resistance, and new detection and management approaches under development, with the aim of guiding more effective management.
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- Jianghua Sun
- Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interactions/Collece of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China; ,
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interactions/Collece of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China; ,
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- A.N. Severstov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation;
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation;
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- Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York, USA;
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Duan JJ, Schmude JM, Petrice TR, Bauer LS, Poland TM, Chandler JL, Crandall R, Elkinton JS, Van Driesche R. Successful establishment, spread, and impact of the introduced parasitoid Spathius galinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) populations in postinvasion forests in Michigan. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2023; 116:1518-1528. [PMID: 37493516 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toad149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Spathius galinae is a larval parasitoid native to the Russian Far East that was approved for release in the United States in 2015 for biological control of the emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, an invasive beetle from Asia responsible for widespread mortality of ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) in North America. From 2015 to 2017, 1,340-1,445 females of S. galinae along with males were released into each release plot, paired with a nonrelease control plot (1-12.5 km apart), at 6 postinvasion forested sites containing abundant pole-sized ash trees in Michigan. By 2018, S. galinae had spread to all but one control plot. Based on the first year that S. galinae was found in trees in each control plot and the distances of those trees to the parasitoid release point within each site, we estimated that S. galinae spread at 3.7 (±1.9) km per year after its initial releases in 2015. The proportion of sampled trees with S. galinae broods, brood densities within sampled trees, and parasitism of EAB larvae increased sharply in both control and release plots after the last field releases in 2017, with the highest parasitism rates (42.8-60.3%) in 2020. Life table analysis showed that S. galinae alone reduced EAB's net population growth rate by 35-55% across sites from 2018 to 2020. These results demonstrate that S. galinae has established an increasing population in Michigan and now plays a significant role in reducing EAB populations in the area.
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- Jian J Duan
- Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, USDA ARS, Newark, DE 19713, USA
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- Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, USDA ARS, Newark, DE 19713, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
- Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Hamden, CT 06514, USA
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- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Morris TD, Gould JR, Fierke MK. Establishment and impacts of emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) parasitoids released at early- and post-invasion sites. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2023; 116:1155-1164. [PMID: 37335889 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toad111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
Abstract
Forest stands infested by emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, experience extensive mortality of mature ash trees. Post-invasion woodlands commonly have a small contingent of mature lingering ash, an orphaned cohort of seedlings/saplings, and low EAB densities. To protect regenerating ash against rebounding EAB populations, a suite of biocontrol agents are being reared and released. USDA APHIS guidelines currently recommend the release of parasitoids into forests prior to overstory ash mortality at sites containing a variety of ash size classes and low to moderate but building EAB densities. To understand if biocontrol establishment and control of EAB is feasible in post-invasion sites, we assessed the establishment of parasitoids in 6 post-invasion forest stands in 2 regions of NY and compared EAB mortality in these stands to 2 regions where releases were conducted during the early-invasion phase. Results of parasitoid trapping indicates Tetrastichus planipennisi Yang established under both release strategies. Spathius galinae Belokobylskij & Strazanac was only released in post-invasion stands, where it was established successfully. Artificial EAB cohorts were established and life tables were constructed at 3 sites per region. EAB mortality due to T. planipennisi parasitism was similar under both release strategies 2 yr after release in post-invasion stands versus 8 yr after release in early-invasion stands. Combined mortality from T. planipennisi and woodpecker predation resulted in consistently low EAB reproductive rates. Future biocontrol releases could target forests identified as economically or ecologically important, regardless of whether EAB populations are increasing or have collapsed following initial invasion.
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- Timothy D Morris
- Department of Environmental Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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- USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Science and Technology, 1398 West Truck Road, Buzzards Bay, MA 02542, USA
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- Department of Environmental Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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