±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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-10-01
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Series: | BMC Ecology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/10/21 |