±Genetic structure of the oak wilt vector beetle <it>Platypus quercivorus</it>: inferences toward the process of damaged area expansion

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The ambrosia beetle, <it>Platypus quercivorus</it>, is the vector of oak wilt, one of the most serious forest diseases in Japan. Population genetics approaches have made great progress toward studying the population dynam...

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Main Authors: Nozaki Ai, Okada Mitsuhiro, Saito Shoichi, Shoda-Kagaya Etsuko, Nunokawa Kouichi, Tsuda Yoshiaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/10/21