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Filtering by: Creator Oester, Paul T. Degree Name Master of Science (M.S.)

Sound production in three sympatric Ips (Coleoptera:Scolytidae) species co-inhabiting Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)

Creator:

Oester, Paul T.

Abstract:

Three sympatric species of Ips, colonizing Sitka spruce, were investigated with regard to their infestation habits, stridulating apparatus and acoustic signals. The above phenomena are evaluated qualitatively and/or quantitatively and the acoustic signal differences are proposed as a possible factor for maintaining species isolation, although function is not shown. Field...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis