Claim · model-written summary
A scolytid root borer attacked dipterocarp seedlings during drought, especially Parashorea.
- Taxon
- Parashorea
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Parashoreae0 - Interactor
- a coleopteran (Scolytidae) root borerScolytinaee0herbivore
- Outcome
- root borer attacked dipterocarp seedlingse0
Verbatim
e0“During the drought, a coleopteran (Scolytidae) root borer attacked dipterocarp seedlings, primarily of the genus Parashorea .”
Title
Drought and root herbivory in understorey Parashorea Kurz (Dipterocarpaceae) seedlings in Borneo
Dan Bebber; Nick Brown; Martin Speight Journal of Tropical Ecology 2002. doi:10.1017/s0266467402002511
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Infestation varied spatially at about a 100 m scale.
- Association Attack rate decreased as plant vigour increased within infested areas.
- Intervention effect Experimental root damage was fatal during drought.
- Intervention effect Defoliation and apical meristem removal did not increase mortality.
- Association Herbivores can cause differential mortality between dipterocarp species.
- Mechanism Herbivory can influence dipterocarp regeneration dynamics.