Monoterpene chemodiversity of ponderosa pine in relation to herbivory and bark beetle colonization |
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Authors: | Vera Thoss John A Byers |
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Institution: | (1) Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB11 7SE, United Kingdom;(2) School of Biological Sciences, Cruickshank Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, United Kingdom;(3) Western Cotton Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 4135 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85040, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary. Ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa Laws. (Pinaceae), forests in Arizona have suffered from a nine-year period of drought and bark beetle, Ips lecontei Swaine (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), outbreaks. Abiotic and biotic stress in ponderosa pine results in the induced synthesis
of certain monoterpenes that may in turn affect bark beetle behavior and survival. In this study, we investigate whether induced
monoterpene production could result in a different monoterpene composition that remains stored in the needles or the trunk
resin of the tree. Needle and resin samples in addition to trunk cores were collected from ponderosa pines at three locations
in Arizona. Ungulate browsing induced a significant increase in limonene (P=0.010) and in chemodiversity (P=0.009), a measure
of the evenness of distribution among the monoterpenes present in needles. We compared the level of ‘stress’ of the trees
by measuring the thickness of annual rings in living trees and those that were killed by bark beetles. Where drought occurred,
the spacing of annual rings from the last 10 years of trees killed by bark beetles was significantly smaller (P=0.020) compared
to living trees. There was no difference in the monoterpene composition between the core sections of closest spacing of annual
rings (stressed years) compared to the sections of widest spacing, which indicates that monoterpenes are distributed evenly
throughout the extended resin system. In the area where the degree of drought was less overall, none of the individual monoterpenes
present in the resin was related to bark beetle killed trees. However, about half the living pines had resin in which one
of the major monoterpenes (α-pinene, Δ3-carene, and limonene) was absent, and these trees had a lower monoterpene chemodiversity compared to trees killed by bark
beetles. Trees with these three major monoterpenes, corresponding to the average relative proportion in living pines at that
location, may sustain higher selection and colonization by bark beetles. |
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Keywords: | Alpha-pinene limonene induction Ips lecontei bark beetles ungulate browsing Pinus ponderosa |
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