Tree defence and bark beetles in a drying world : carbon partitioning, functioning and modelling
Huang, Jianbei ; Kautz, Markus ; Trowbridge, Amy M ; Hammerbacher, Almuth ; Raffa, Kenneth F ; Adams, Henry D ; Goodsman, Devin W ; Xu, Chonggang ; Meddens, Arjan J H and Kandasamy, Dineshkumar LU
, et al.
(2020)
In New Phytologist
225(1).
p.26-36
- Abstract
Drought has promoted large-scale, insect-induced tree mortality in recent years, with severe consequences for ecosystem function, atmospheric processes, sustainable resources and global biogeochemical cycles. However, the physiological linkages among drought, tree defences, and insect outbreaks are still uncertain, hindering our ability to accurately predict tree mortality under on-going climate change. Here we propose an interdisciplinary research agenda for addressing these crucial knowledge gaps. Our framework includes field manipulations, laboratory experiments, and modelling of insect and vegetation dynamics, and focuses on how drought affects interactions between conifer trees and bark beetles. We build upon existing theory and... (More)
Drought has promoted large-scale, insect-induced tree mortality in recent years, with severe consequences for ecosystem function, atmospheric processes, sustainable resources and global biogeochemical cycles. However, the physiological linkages among drought, tree defences, and insect outbreaks are still uncertain, hindering our ability to accurately predict tree mortality under on-going climate change. Here we propose an interdisciplinary research agenda for addressing these crucial knowledge gaps. Our framework includes field manipulations, laboratory experiments, and modelling of insect and vegetation dynamics, and focuses on how drought affects interactions between conifer trees and bark beetles. We build upon existing theory and examine several key assumptions: (1) there is a trade-off in tree carbon investment between primary and secondary metabolites (e.g. growth vs defence); (2) secondary metabolites are one of the main component of tree defence against bark beetles and associated microbes; and (3) implementing conifer-bark beetle interactions in current models improves predictions of forest disturbance in a changing climate. Our framework provides guidance for addressing a major shortcoming in current implementations of large-scale vegetation models, the under-representation of insect-induced tree mortality.
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- author
- Huang, Jianbei
; Kautz, Markus
; Trowbridge, Amy M
; Hammerbacher, Almuth
; Raffa, Kenneth F
; Adams, Henry D
; Goodsman, Devin W
; Xu, Chonggang
; Meddens, Arjan J H
and Kandasamy, Dineshkumar
LU
, et al. (More)
- Huang, Jianbei
; Kautz, Markus
; Trowbridge, Amy M
; Hammerbacher, Almuth
; Raffa, Kenneth F
; Adams, Henry D
; Goodsman, Devin W
; Xu, Chonggang
; Meddens, Arjan J H
; Kandasamy, Dineshkumar
LU
; Gershenzon, Jonathan
; Seidl, Rupert
and Hartmann, Henrik
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- publishing date
- 2020-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Animals, Carbon/metabolism, Climate Change, Coleoptera/physiology, Computer Simulation, Droughts, Ecosystem, Forests, Models, Theoretical, Plant Bark/immunology, Plant Diseases/parasitology, Trees/immunology
- in
- New Phytologist
- volume
- 225
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 26 - 36
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
-
- pmid:31494935
- scopus:85074412728
- ISSN
- 1469-8137
- DOI
- 10.1111/nph.16173
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- © 2019 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2019 New Phytologist Trust.
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- a73f3e0d-bb6b-49a9-84f3-de8f68de84a7
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- 2021-11-01 21:59:56
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