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Sirex in Australasia

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Woodwasps or horntails (Siricidae) are primitive phytophagous hymenopterans that naturally infest a variety of coniferous and hardwood trees throughout North America, Eurasia, North Africa, and Japan.10,13,27,36,42,43,55,75,78 Although woodwasps have been reported to be responsible for economic degradation of otherwise marketable timber,5,35,55,73,77,85 such infestations are more symptomatic of a prior pathological condition than a primary cause of tree mortality.19 Therefore, in their natural habitat, wood-wasps are secondary to other predisposing agents, which may include defoliation or debilitation of trees by insect and/or fungal attack,6,19 fire or smog damage,15,16 and mechanical injury.46

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Madden, J.L. (1988). Sirex in Australasia. In: Berryman, A.A. (eds) Dynamics of Forest Insect Populations. Population Ecology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0789-9_20

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