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  1. How Accurately Do Species Distribution Models Predict the Expansion of Invasive Insects, and Does Climate Data Choice Matter? Insights From the Invasion of Dryocosmus kuriphilus

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, April 2026, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  2. Interactions between invasive pests and pathogens in a native chestnut forest

    Article • NeoBiota, September 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  3. The Database of European Forest Insect and Disease Disturbances: DEFID2

    Article • Global Change Biology, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  4. Coexistence of insect species in a phloem feeding guild: Deterministic and stochastic processes

    Article • Ecological Entomology, June 2023, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  5. The impact of the Asian chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) on chestnut tree growth may be mediated by site resources

    Article • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, January 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  6. Defensive patterns of chestnut genotypes (Castanea spp.) against the gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus

    Article • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, October 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  7. Inducibility of chemical defences by exogenous application of methyl jasmonate is long-lasting and conserved among populations in mature Pinus pinaster trees

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  8. Demography of an invading forest insect reunited with hosts and parasitoids from its native range

    Article • NeoBiota, March 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  9. Local-scale dispersal patterns and susceptibility to Dryocosmus kuriphilus in different Castanea species and hybrid clones: insights from a field trial

    Article • New Forests, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  10. Biotic threats for 23 major non-native tree species in Europe

    Article • Scientific Data, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mihai-Leonard Duduman, Dr Maria J Lombardero

  11. Extreme climatic events affect populations of Asian chestnut gall wasps, Dryocosmus kuriphilus, but do not stop the spread

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Entomology, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  12. Aggressive tree killer or natural thinning agent? Assessing the impacts of a globally important forest insect

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  13. Gall size of Dryocosmus kuriphilus limits down-regulation by native parasitoids

    Article • Biological Invasions, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  14. Spatial propagation and patterns of abundance ofDryocosmus kuriphilusthroughout an invaded region

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  15. Site conditions exert more control than genetic differentiation on modulation of secondary growth and climate sensitivity of Pinus pinaster

    Article • Dendrochronologia, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  16. Dendroecology in common gardens: Population differentiation and plasticity in resistance, recovery and resilience to extreme drought events in Pinus pinaster

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  17. The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire

    Article • Scientific Data, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  18. Torymus sinensis Kamijo, a biocontrol agent against the invasive chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu in Spain: its natural dispersal from France and the first data on establishment after experimental releases

    Article • Forest Systems, June 2019, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  19. The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations

    Article • Biological Control, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  20. Pine defenses against the pitch canker disease are modulated by a native insect newly associated with the invasive fungus

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  21. Forest pests and their management in the Anthropocene

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, March 2018, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  22. Effects of defoliation and site quality on growth and defenses of Pinus pinaster and P. radiata

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  23. Estudio del brote epidémico de lagarta peluda (Lymantria dispar L.) en masas de Pinus radiata en Cubillos del Sil (El Bierzo, León)

    Article • Cuadernos de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales, November 2016, Sociedad Espanola de Ciencias Forestales

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  24. European gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar L.) completes development and defoliates exotic radiata pine plantations in Spain

    Article • New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, September 2016, Scion

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  25. Masting behaviour in a Mediterranean pine tree alters seed predator selection on reproductive output

    Article • Plant Biology, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  26. Population biology of the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in Galicia, Spain

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, February 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  27. Host Use Patterns by the European Woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in Its Native and Invaded Range

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  28. Foliar terpene chemistry of Pinus pinaster and P. radiata responds differently to Methyl Jasmonate and feeding by larvae of the pine processionary moth

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  29. Phenology and abundance of Enoicyla pusilla in conifer stands

    Article • Forest Systems, July 2013, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  30. Tree insects and pathogens display opposite tendencies to attack native vs. non-native pines

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  31. Factors Influencing Bark Beetle Outbreaks After Forest Fires on the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Environmental Entomology, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  32. ROLE OF PLANT ENEMIES IN THE FORESTRY OF INDIGENOUS VS. NONINDIGENOUS PINES

    Article • Ecological Applications, July 2008, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  33. Effects of fire and mechanical wounding on Pinus resinosa resin defenses, beetle attacks, and pathogens

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  34. Fertilization increases Hylobius abietis L. damage in Pinus pinaster Ait. seedlings

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  35. Errata

    Article • Oikos, January 2004, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  36. Strong indirect interactions of Tarsonemus mites (Acarina: Tarsonemidae) and Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Article • Oikos, August 2003, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  37. Relative Suitability of Virginia Pine and Loblolly Pine as Host Species forDendroctonus frontalis(Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Article • Environmental Entomology, June 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  38. Interactions between fire and bark beetles in an old growth pine forest

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  39. Assessing the consequences of global change for forest disturbance from herbivores and pathogens

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, November 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  40. Biology, demography and community interactions of Tarsonemus (Acarina: Tarsonemidae) mites phoretic on Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Entomology, August 2000, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  41. NITROGEN BUDGETS OF PHLOEM-FEEDING BARK BEETLES WITH AND WITHOUT SYMBIOTIC FUNGI

    Article • Ecology, August 2000, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  42. Environmental effects on constitutive and inducible resin defences of Pinus taeda

    Article • Ecology Letters, July 2000, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  43. Cold Tolerance of Four Species of Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North America

    Article • Environmental Entomology, June 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  44. Climate and the northern distribution limits of Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, November 1999, Wiley

    Dr Maria J Lombardero

  45. Fire and tree mortality database (FTM)

    Article • USDA Forest Service

    Dr Maria J Lombardero