Pine Weevil Feeding Behaviour in Relation to Conifer Plant Properties
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...Girdling can refer to the removal of an entire ring of bark or a thin incision in the bark (Noel, 1970)....
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...Depending on the tree species, the kind and extent of the girdling, trees can experience a range of negative effects from girdling, which might result in their death (Noel, 1970)....
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...By this, not only were the defences induced but also the nutrition and water flow in the plants affected (Noel, 1970)....
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...If bark is manually removed, girdling can further be distinguished into whether or not tissues internal to the vascular cambium are removed (Noel, 1970)....
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...Girdling means the complete severing of the phloem of a tree (Noel, 1970)....
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...Additionally, the efficiency of treatments for plant protection has been tested (Heijari et al., 2005; Moreira et al., 2009; Sampedro et al., 2011; Paper III)....
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...On a shorter time scale than diel behaviour, short-term feeding behaviour can be used to investigate feeding patterns at the level of feeding events and meals (Tolkamp et al., 2000; Howie et al., 2009)....
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...It can be used as an elicitor to induce the plant defence system, which can result in a more efficient defence reaction during subsequent stresses (Goellner & Conrath, 2008; Bruce, 2010; Delaunois et al., 2014)....
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