Reproductive success of mountain pine beetle infesting cut bolts of Great Basin bristlecone pine, limber pine, and lodgepole pine

Creators

Barbara J. Bentz, Forest Service RMRSFollow
Karen E. Mock, Utah State UniversityFollow
Erika L. Eidson, Utah State UniversityFollow

Description

The preference-performance hypothesis states that ovipositing phytophagous insects will select host plants that are well-suited for their offspring and avoid host plants that do not support offspring performance (survival, development and fitness). The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae), a native insect herbivore in western North America, can successfully attack and reproduce in most species of Pinus throughout its native range. However, mountain pine beetles avoid attacking Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), despite recent climate-driven increases in mountain pine beetle populations at the high elevations where Great Basin bristlecone pine grows. Low preference for a potential host plant species may not persist if the plant supports favorable insect offspring performance, and Great Basin bristlecone pine suitability for mountain pine beetle offspring performance is unclear. We infested cut bolts of Great Basin bristlecone pine and two susceptible host tree species, limber (P. flexilis) and lodgepole (P. contorta) pines with adult mountain pine beetles and compared offspring performance. To investigate the potential for host adaptation in offspring performance, we tested mountain pine beetles from populations within and outside of Great Basin bristlecone pine range. Although mountain pine beetles laid viable eggs in all three tree species, extremely few offspring emerged from Great Basin bristlecone pine, regardless of the beetle population. Our observed low offspring performance in Great Basin bristlecone pine corresponds with previously documented low mountain pine beetle attack preference. A low preference-low performance relationship suggests that Great Basin bristlecone pine resistance to mountain pine beetle is likely to be retained through climate-driven high-elevation mountain pine beetle outbreaks.

Author ORCID Identifier

Barbara J Bentz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2741-1542

Erika L. Eidson https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0462-6284

OCLC

1078404132

Document Type

Dataset

DCMI Type

Dataset

File Format

.csv, .txt

Publication Date

3-14-2018

Funder

USDA, Forest Service (FS);

USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

Publisher

Utah State University

Award Number

USDA, Forest Service (FS) WC-EM-F-14-1; USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) UTAE-2010-03313

Methodology

See README file.

Referenced by

Eidson, E. L., Mock, K. E., & Bentz, B. J. (2018). Low offspring survival in mountain pine beetle infesting the resistant Great Basin bristlecone pine supports the preference-performance hypothesis. PLOS ONE, 13(5), e0196732. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196732

Eidson, E. L. (2017). Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Resistance to Mountain Pine Beetle: An Evaluation of Dendroctonus ponderosae Host Selection Behavior and Reproductive Success in Pinus longaeva. M.S. Thesis. Utah State University. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6324/

Start Date

2015

End Date

2016

Location

Site: The site from which the host tree was cut. ìCaveMtnî = Cave Mountain, Nevada; ìDixieNFî = Dixie National Forest, Utah; ìLoganCanyonî = Logan Canyon, Utah.

Language

eng

Code Lists

Bristlecone = Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva)

CVB = Cave Mountain Bristlecone

CVL = Cave Mountain Limber

DXB = Dixie Bristlecone

DXL = Dixie Limber

F = female

ID = identification

LCL = Logan Canyon Lodgepole

Limber = limber pine (Pinus flexilis)

Lodgepole = lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)

M = male MPB = mountain pine beetle

NV = Nevada Spp = species

UT = Utah

For more details, see README file.

Comments

Zip file contains all files that are listed individually.

Disciplines

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Entomology | Population Biology

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Bentz, B. J., Mock, K. E., & Eidson, E. L. (2018). Reproductive success of mountain pine beetle infesting cut bolts of Great Basin bristlecone pine, limber pine, and lodgepole pine. Utah State University. https://doi.org/10.15142/T38S7D

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