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Data characterizing symbiosis between the alder bark beetle and Neonectria bordenii

Abstract

This dataset describes a symbiosis between the alder bark beetle, Alniphagus aspericollis, and Neonectria bordenii in red alder, Alnus rubra. These data were used to assess tree-killing by the alder bark beetle (i.e., beetle colonization status in relation to red alder condition) and the ability of the alder bark beetle to vector N. bordenii among host red alders (evaluated according to Leach’s postulates). Data were collected from five sites in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.