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Researchers find the further they go, the stronger mountain pine beetles’ signal gets – Globalnews.ca
University of Alberta researchers have determined that the female mountain pine beetles’ pheromones, called trans-verbenol, can draw other beetles to a tree from tens of kilometres away.
Over the last 30 years, mountain pine beetles have chewed through 18-million hectares of forest in Western Canada, and University of Alberta biologists now have a better sense of how they do it.
Researchers have determined that the female mountain pine beetles’ pheromones — called trans-verbenol — can draw other beetles to a tree from tens of kilometres away.
Faculty of Science graduate student Kelsey Jones says the most intriguing part is the fact that the further these beetles go, the more t…
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