Slippery bark protects trees from pine beetle attack

Tuesday, December 24, 2013 - 10:00 in Biology & Nature

Trees with smoother bark are better at repelling attacks by mountain pine beetles, which have difficulty gripping the slippery surface, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder....

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