Do novel genotypes drive the success of an invasive bark beetle-fungus complex? Implications for potential reinvasion.

@article{Lu2011DoNG,
  title={Do novel genotypes drive the success of an invasive bark beetle-fungus complex? Implications for potential reinvasion.},
  author={Min Lu and Michael J. Wingfield and Nancy E. Gillette and Jiang-Hua Sun},
  journal={Ecology},
  year={2011},
  volume={92 11},
  pages={
          2013-9
        }
}
Novel genotypes often arise during biological invasions, but their role in invasion success has rarely been elucidated. Here we examined the population genetics and behavior of the fungus, Leptographium procerum, vectored by a highly invasive bark beetle, Dendroctonus valens, to determine whether genetic changes in the fungus contributed to the invasive success of the beetle-fungal complex in China. The fungus was introduced by the beetle from the United States to China, where we identified… 
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