Long-Term Projections of the Natural Expansion of the Pine Wood Nematode in the Iberian Peninsula

The invasive pine wood nematode (PWN), <i>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus</i>, causal agent of pine wilt disease, was first reported in Europe, near Lisbon, in 1999, and has since then spread to most of Portugal. We here modelled the spatiotemporal patterns of future PNW natural spread in the...

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Main Authors: Begoña de la Fuente, Santiago Saura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/7/849