Reproductive Isolation of Ips nitidus and I. shangrila in Mountain Forests of Western China: Responses to Chiral and Achiral Candidate Pheromone Components

• Published in: Journal of chemical ecology Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 678 - 688
• Main Authors: Schlyter, Fredrik, Jakuš, Rastislav, Han, Fu-Zhong, Ma, Jian-Hai, Kalinová, Blanka, Mezei, Pavel, Sun, Jiang-Hua, Ujhelyiová, Liana, Zhang, Qing-He
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.07.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: aggregation pheromones; Agriculture; Animals; antagonists; Bark; bark beetles; Biochemistry; Biological Microscopy; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chemical ecology; China; conifers; Ecology; Ekologi; enantiomers; Entomology; Evolutionary Biology; Evolutionsbiologi; Female; Forest Science; Forests; Insects; Ips; Life Sciences; Male; males; Monoterpenes - analysis; Monoterpenes - metabolism; montane forests; Mountain forests; Octanols - analysis; Octanols - metabolism; Palaearctic region; Palearctic region; Pheromones; Pheromones - analysis; Pheromones - metabolism; Picea; Picea crassifolia; Plant reproduction; Reproductive Isolation; Scolytidae; Skogsvetenskap; Stereoisomerism; Trees; Weevils - chemistry; Weevils - physiology; China; Attractant; Coleoptera; Enantiomer; Full factorial design; Scolytinae; Pheromone component; Trap; Curculionidae; Species separation

Eastern Palearctic conifers are subject to frequent bark beetle outbreaks. However, neither the species responsible nor the semiochemicals guiding these attacks are well understood. Two high-mountain Ips species on Qinghai spruce, Picea crassifolia, I. shangrila and I. nitidus, are typical in this r...