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- proper noun A genus of jeweled beetles.
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First, the bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius) has been identified as a species that can cause severe damage to paper birch (Betula papyrifera), and maybe effective in limiting the birch along the southern margin of its distribution [65].
Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009
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The bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius) is a North American species that can cause severe damage to paper birch and may be effective in limiting the survival of birch along the southern (warm) margin of its distribution [27].
Climate change and insects as a forest disturbance in the Arctic 2009
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Larvae of the two-lined chestnut borer, _Agrilus bilineatus_, were most abundant, but larvae of species of the families Scolytidae and Cerambycidae were also present in large numbers.
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Now I have cut down all of the willow, and there is some birch in the neighborhood, and I understand the birch harbors this same thing, some variety of Agrilus beetle, [7] and we have a lot of angles to work on in order to get rid of our drawbacks.
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In one block of a nursery in Virginia I estimated that the Agrilus larvae had ruined one-hundred dollars worth of young hickory trees.
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The other two species which sever the wood in their larval stage are _Pseudobidion unicolor_ and _Agrilus arcuatus_.
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Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, is an exotic beetle that was discovered in southeastern Michigan near Detroit in the summer of 2002.
unknown title 2009
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The advance, reported in the journal CryoLetters, should complement ongoing seed-conservation efforts aimed at preserving the genetic diversity of America's native ash species, which are susceptible to the emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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