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ArticleInsects2023

How Effective Are Push-Pull Semiochemicals as Deterrents for Bark Beetles? A Global Meta-Analysis of Thirty Years of Research.

Somia Afzal, Helen F Nahrung, Simon A Lawson, Richard Andrew Hayes

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Article in Insects, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Somia AfzalForest Industries Research Centre, School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia.
Helen F NahrungForest Industries Research Centre, School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia.
Simon A LawsonForest Industries Research Centre, School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1692-8044
Richard Andrew HayesForest Industries Research Centre, School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4860-0107
University of the Sunshine Coast · AU

Funding

Australian Government Research Training Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are among the most damaging tree pests globally. Rising temperatures, drought, fire, storms, cyclones, and poor forest management cause stress and loss of vigour in trees, and these conditions favour bark beetle outbreaks. While research has been conducted on push-pull strategies to deter bark beetles, using attractive and deterrent semiochemicals, the potential of this strategy to reduce bark beetle populations, particularly in the genera

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attractantconiferDendroctonusforest entomologyIpsrepellent

Identifiers

PMID37887824
PMCPMC10607257
OpenAlexW4387633352

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Registered trials

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