Weathering the storm: how lodgepole pine trees survive mountain pine beetle outbreaks

Nadir Erbilgin, Jonathan A. Cale, Altaf Hussain, +4

Oecologia

Forest HealthLodgepole Pine TreesEntomologyGeographyForest Conservation +3

Fungal Volatiles Can Act as Carbon Sources and Semiochemicals to Mediate Interspecific Interactions Among Bark Beetle-Associated Fungal Symbionts

Jonathan A. Cale, Robert Collignon, Jennifer G. Klutsch, +3

PLoS ONE

BiologyFungal DiversityMountain Pine BeetleMediate Interspecific InteractionsMedicine +11

Rapid monoterpene induction promotes the susceptibility of a novel host pine to mountain pine beetle colonization but not to beetle-vectored fungi

Jonathan A. Cale, Marlena Muskens, Ahmed Najar, +6

Tree Physiology

EngineeringEntomologyNovel Host PinePlant PathologyForest Entomology +18

Environmental control on transpiration and its cooling effect of Ficus concinna in a subtropical city Shenzhen, southern China

Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Jiao Xiang, Chunhua Yan, +7

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Environmental ControlSubtropical City ShenzhenFicus ConcinnaRefrigeration

Successful Colonization of Lodgepole Pine Trees by Mountain Pine Beetle Increased Monoterpene Production and Exhausted Carbohydrate Reserves

Marla Roth, Altaf Hussain, Jonathan A. Cale, +1

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Mountain Pine BeetleForest ConservationForest ProductivitySuccessful ColonizationExhausted Carbohydrate Reserves +1

Soil microbial community and enzymatic activity in soil particle-size fractions of spruce plantation and secondary birch forest

Bing Yang, Kaibin Qi, Daya Ram Bhusal, +5

European Journal of Soil Biology

BiogeochemistryEngineeringSoil Particle-size FractionsMicrobial EcologySoil Microbiology +8

Spatial variation in soil available water holding capacity alters carbon mobilization and allocation to chemical defenses along jack pine stems

Altaf Hussain, Gail Classens, Sydne Guevara‐Rozo, +4

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Carbon SequestrationBiogeochemistryChemical DefensesSoil Available WaterEngineering +5

Nitrogen and Ergosterol Concentrations Varied in Live Jack Pine Phloem Following Inoculations With Fungal Associates of Mountain Pine Beetle

Sydne Guevara‐Rozo, Altaf Hussain, Jonathan A. Cale, +3

Frontiers in Microbiology

Spatial characteristics of volatile communication in lodgepole pine trees: Evidence of kin recognition and intra-species support

Altaf Hussain, Jean C. Rodriguez‐Ramos, Nadir Erbilgin

The Science of The Total Environment

BiologyKin RecognitionBotanySilvicultureNatural Sciences +7

Primary and Secondary Metabolite Profiles of Lodgepole Pine Trees Change with Elevation, but Not with Latitude

Melanie Mullin, Jennifer G. Klutsch, Jonathan A. Cale, +4

Journal of Chemical Ecology

BiogeochemistryEngineeringBotanyBiogeographyTree Growth +6