Kier D. Klepzig, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Rachel A. Arango, Amy B. Bishell, Katie M. Ohno, Thomas G. Shelton, Sean Schoville, Camila Carlos-Shanley, Kier D. Klepzig. 2024. Seasonal shifts in gut microbiota and cold tolerance metrics in a northern population of Reticulitermes flavipes (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
• Steven A. Flanagan, J. Kevin Hiers, Mac A. Callaham, Scott Goodrick, Joseph J. O’Brien, Gregory Starr, Susanne Wiesner, Kier D. Klepzig, E. Louise. Loudermilk. 2021. A model comparison of fire return interval impacts on carbon and species dynamics in a southeastern U.S. pineland
• James T. (JT) Vogt, Kamal J.K. Gandhi, Don C. Bragg, Rabiu Olatinwo, Kier D. Klepzig. 2020. Interactions between weather-related disturbance and forest insects and diseases in the Southern United States
• David Coyle, Brittany Barnes, Kier D. Klepzig, Frank H. H. Koch, Lawrence Morris, John Nowak, William Otrosina, William Smith, Kamal K. Gandhi. 2020. Abiotic and biotic factors affecting loblolly pine health in the southeastern United States
• Kirsten M. Prior, Damian C. Adams, Kier D. Klepzig, Jiri Hulcr. 2018. When does invasive species removal lead to ecological recovery? Implications for management success
• David R. Coyle, Gary T. Green, Brittany F. Barnes, Kier D. Klepzig, John Nowak, J.K. Gandhi. 2016. Landowner and manager awareness and perceptions of pine health issues and southern pine management activities in the southeastern United States
• Stephen A. Wyka, Joseph J. Doccola, Brian Strom, Sheri L. Smith, Douglas W. McPherson, Srdan G. Acimovic, Kier D. Klepzig. 2016. Effects of Grosmannia clavigera and Leptographium longiclavatum on Western White Pine seedlings and the fungicidal activity of Alamo®, Arbotect®, and TREE-age®
• S.W. Golladay, K.L. Martin, James Vose, David N. Wear, A.P. Covich, R.J. Hobbs, Kier D. Klepzig, G.E. Likens, R.J. Naiman, A.W. Shearer. 2016. Achievable future conditions as a framework for guiding forest conservation and management
• Charles J. Mason, Kier D. Klepzig, Brian J. Kopper, Philip J. Kersten, Barbara L. Illman, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2015. Contrasting Patterns of Diterpene Acid Induction by Red Pine and White Spruce to Simulated Bark Beetle Attack, and Interspecific Differences in Sensitivity Among Fungal Associates
• David R. Coyle, Kier D. Klepzig, Frank H. H. Koch, Lawrence A. Morris, John Nowak, Steve Oak, William J. Otrosina, William D. Smith, Kamal J.K. Gandhi. 2015. A review of southern pine decline in North America
• James Vose, Kier D. Klepzig. 2014. Introduction to climate change adaptation and mitigation management options
• James Vose, Kier D. Klepzig. 2014. Climate change adaptation and mitigation options a guide for natural resource managers in southern forest ecosystems
• Frank O. Aylward, Garret Suen, Peter H. Biedermann, Aaron S. Adams, Jarrod J. Scott, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Tijana Glavina del Rio, Susannah G. Tringe, Michael Poulsen, Kenneth F. Raffa, Kier D. Klepzig, Cameron R. Currie. 2014. Convergent bacterial microbiotas in the fungal agricultural systems of insects
• Kier D. Klepzig, Richard Shelfer, Zanethia C. Barnett. 2014. Outlook for coastal plain forests: a subregional report from the Southern Forest Futures Project
• James Vose, Shelby Gull Laird, Zanethia D. Choice, Kier D. Klepzig. 2014. Summary of findings, management options, and interactions
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Qinfeng Guo, Songlin Fei, William Otrosina, Kier D. Klepzig, Douglas Streett. 2014. Climate-induced changes in vulnerability to biological threats in the southern United States
• Yadong Qi, K. Lian, Q. Wu, Y. Li, M. Danzy, R. Menard, K.L. Chin, D. Collins, F. Oliveria, Kier D. Klepzig. 2013. Potentials of nanotechnology application in forest protection
• B.P. Hurley, H.J. Hatting, M.J. Wingfield, Kier D. Klepzig, B. Slippers. 2012. The influence of Amylostereum areolatum diversity and competitive interations on the fitness of the Sirex parasitic nematode Deladenus siricidicola
• Kier D. Klepzig, Michael L. Ferro, Michael Ulyshen, Matthew L. Gimmel, Jolie Mahfouz, Allan E. Tiarks, Chris E. Carlton. 2012. Effects of Small-Scale Dead Wood Additions on Beetles in Southeastern U.S
• Kier D. Klepzig, Zoe Hoyle, Stevin Westcott, Emrys Treasure. 2012. Southern Research Station Global Change Research Strategy 2011-2019
• Kier D. Klepzig, Brian Strom. 2011. Effects of a Commercial Chitosan Formulation on Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Resistance Parameters in Loblolly Pine
• Kier D. Klepzig, Richard W. Hofstetter. 2011. From Attack to Emergence: Interactions between Southern Pine Beetle, Mites, Microbes, and Trees
• R. N. Coulson, Kier D. Klepzig. 2011. Southern Pine Beetle II
• L. Evans, Richard Hoffstetter, Matthew Ayres, Kier D. Klepzig. 2011. Temperature alters the relative abundance and population growth rates of species within the Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) community.
• Peter H.W. Biedermann, Kier D. Klepzig, Michael Taborsky. 2011. Costs of delayed dispersal and alloparental care in the fungus-cultivating ambrosia beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (Scolytinae: Curculionidae) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65:1753-1761 11 p.
• Weimin Xi, Szu-Hung Chen, Andrew G. Birt, John D. Waldron, Charles W. Lafon, David M. Cairns, Maria D. Tchakerian, Kier D. Klepzig, Robert N. Coulson. 2011. Simulating the interactions of forest structure, fire regime, and plant invasion in the southern Appalachians using LANDIS
• Cetin Yuceer, Chuan-Yu Hsu, Nadir Erbilgin, Kier D. Klepzig. 2011. Ultrastructure of the mycangium of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae): complex morphology for complex interactions
• Thomas Davis, Richard Hofstetter, Kier D. Klepzig, Jeffrey Foster, Paul Keim. 2010. Interactions between multiple fungi isolated from two bark beetles, Dendroctonus brevicomis and Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
• John D. Waldron, Robert N. Coulson, David M. Cairns, Charles W. Lafon, Maria D. Tchakerian, Weimin Xi, Kier D. Klepzig, Andrew Birt. 2010. Evaluating the impact of invasive species in forest landscapes: the southern pine beetle and the hemlock woolly adelgid
• Peter Biedermann, Kier D. Klepzig, Taborsky Michael. 2009. Fungus cultivation by ambrosia beetles: Behavior and laboratory breeding success in three Xyleborine species
• Weimin Xi, Szu-Hung Chen, John D. Waldron, Charles W. Lafon, David M. Cairns, Maria D. Tchakerian, Kier D. Klepzig, Robert N. Coulson. 2009. Simulating the impacts of altered fire regimes and landscape structure on the invasion of Paulownia tomentosa in the Southern Appalachians
• Weiman Xi, John Waldron, Charles Lafon, David Cairns, Andrew Birt, Maria Tchakerian, Robert Coulson, Kier D. Klepzig. 2009. Modeling long-term effects of altered fire regimes following Southern Pine Beetle outbreaks (North Carolina).
• Weimin Xi, Robert N. Coulson, Andrew G. Birt, Zong-Bo Shang, John D. Waldron, Charles W. Lafon, David M. Cairns, Maria D. Tchakerian, Kier D. Klepzig. 2009. Review of forest landscape models: types, methods, development and applications
• Weimin Xi, Robert N. Coulson, John D. Waldron, Maria D. Tchakerian, Charles W. Lafon, David M. Cairns, Andrew G. Birt, Kier D. Klepzig. 2009. Landscape modeling for forest restoration planning and assessment: lessons from the Southern Appalachian Mountains
• Weimin Xi, Lei Wang, Andrew G Birt, Maria D. Tchakerian, Robert N. Coulson, Kier D. Klepzig. 2009. An integrated approach to mapping forest conditions in the Southern Appalachians (North Carolina)
• Larissa Knebel, Daniel J. Robinson, Thomas R. Wentworth, Kier D. Klepzig. 2009. Resin flow responses to fertilization, wounding and fungal inoculation in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in North Carolina
• A.S. Adams, C.R. Currie, Y. Cardoza, Kier D. Klepzig, K.F. Raffa. 2009. Effects of symbiotic bacteria and tree chemistry on the growth and reproduction of bark beetle fungal symbionts
• Kier D. Klepzig, A.S. Adams, J. Handelsman, K.F. Raffa. 2009. Symbioses: a key driver of insect physiological process, ecological interactions, evolutionary diversification, and impacts on humans
• Kier D. Klepzig, A.S. Adams, J Handelsman, K.F. Raffa. 2009. Symbioses: A key driver of insect physiological processes, ecological interactions, evolutionary diversification, and impacts on humans
• David MArtin Cairns, Charles W. Lafon, Andrew G. Birt, John D. Waldron, Maria Tchakerian, Robert N. Coulson, Weimin Xi, Kier D. Klepzig. 2008. Simulation modeling as a tool for understanding the landscape ecology of the southern pine beetle infestations in Southern Appalachian forests.
• O. Pechanova, W.D. Stone, W. Monroe, T.E. Nebeker, Kier D. Klepzig, C. Yuceer. 2008. Global and comparative protein profiles of the pronotum of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis
• Yasmin Cardoza, John Moser, Kier D. Klepzig, Raffa Kenneth. 2008. Multipartite Symbioses Among Fungi, Mites, Nematodes, and the Spruce Beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis.
• Jarrod J. Scott, Dong-Chan Oh, M. Cetin Yuceer, Kier D. Klepzig, Jon Clardy, Cameron R. Currie. 2008. Bacterial protection of beetle-fungus mutualism
• John Nowak, Christopher Asaro, Kier D. Klepzig, Ronald Billings. 2008. The southern pine beetle prevention initiative: working for healthier forests
• Charles W. Lafon, John D. Waldron, David M. Cairns, Maria D. Tchakerian, Robert N. Coulson, Kier D. Klepzig. 2007. Modeling the effects of fire on the long-term dynamics and restoration of yellow pine and oak forests in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
• Archana Vasanthakumar, Yasmin Cardoza, Italo Delalibera, Patrick Schloss, Jo Handelsman, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth Raffa. 2007. Gut bacteria of bark and wood boring beetles
• Christopher J. Fettig, Kier D. Klepzig, Ronald f. Billings, A. Steven Munson, T. Evan Nebeker, Jose Negron, John Nowak. 2007. The effectiveness of vegetation management practices for prevention and control of bark beetle infestations in coniferous forests of the western and southern United States
• Italo Jr. Delalibera, Archana Vasanthakumar, Benjamin J. Burwitz, Patrick D. Schloss, Kier D. Klepzig, Jo Handelsman, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2007. Composition of the bacterial community in the gut of the pine engraver, Ips pini (Say) (Coloptera) colonizing red pine
• Archana Vasanthakumar, Italo Delalibera, Jo Handelsman, Kier D. Klepzig, Patrick D. Schloss, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2006. Characterization of gut-associated bacteria in larvae and adults of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann
• Yasmin J. Cardoza, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2006. Bacteria in oral secretions of an endophytic insect inhibit antagonistic fungi
• Kier D. Klepzig. 2006. Melanin and the ecology of southern pine beetle associated fungi
• Xudong Zhou, Treena I. Burgess, Z. Wilhelm De Beer, Francois Lieutier, Annie Yart, Kier D. Klepzig, Angus Carnegie, Julio Mena Portales, Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield. 2006. High intercontinental migration rates and population admixture in the sapstain fungus Ophiostoma ips
• Brian J. Kopper, Barbara L. Illman, Philip J. Kersten, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2005. Effects of diterpene acids on components of a conifer bark beetle-fungal interaction : tolerance by Ips pini and sensitivity by its associate Ophiostoma ips
• Richard W. Hofstetter, James T. Cronin, Kier D. Klepzig, John Moser, Matthew P. Ayres. 2005. Antagonisms, mutualisms and commensalisms affect outbreak dynamics of the southern pine beetle
• R. W. Hofstetter, Jolie Mahfouz, Kier D. Klepzig, M. P. Ayres. 2005. Effects of tree phytochemistery on the interactions among endophloedic fungi associated with the southern pine beetle
• Kier D. Klepzig, Daniel J. Robison, Glenn Fowler, Peter R. Minchin, Fred P. Hain, H. Lee Allen. 2005. Effects of mass inoculation on induced oleoresin response in intensively managed loblolly pine
• Brian J. Kopper, Barbara L. Illman, Philip J. Kersten, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2005. Effects of diterpene acids on components of a conifer bark beetle–fungal interaction: tolerance by Ips pini and sensitivity by its associate Ophiostoma ips
• John Moser, Bobbe A. Fitzgibbon, Kier D. Klepzig. 2005. The Mexican pine beetle, dendroctonus maxicanus: first recorded in the United States and co-occurrence with the southern pine beetle - dendroctonus frontalis (coleoptera: scolytidae or curculionidae: scolytinae)
• Kenneth F. Raffa, Briah H. Aukema, Nadir Erbilgin, Kier D. Klepzig, Kimberly F. Wallin. 2005. Interactions among conifer terpenoids and bark beetles across multiple levels of scale: An attempt to understand links between population patterns and physiological processes
• William Shepherd, Brian Sullivan, Richard A. Goyer, Kier D. Klepzig. 2005. Electrophysiological and olfactometer responses of two histerid predators to three pine bark beetle pheromones
• Kier D. Klepzig, J. Flores-Otero, R.W. Hofstetter, M.P. Ayers. 2004. Effects of available water on growth and competition of southern pine beetle associated fungi
• Kier D. Klepzig, D.L. Six. 2004. Bark Beetle-Fungal Symbiosis: Context Dependency in Complex Associations
• Brian J. Kopper, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2004. Components of Antagonism and Mutualism in Ips pini–Fungal Interactions: Relationship to a Life History of Colonizing Highly Stressed and Dead Trees
• Lori G. Eckhardt, Richard A. Goyer, Kier D. Klepzig, John P. Jones. 2004. Interactions of Hylastes Species (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) with Leptographium Species Associated with Loblolly Pine Decline
• L. G. Eckhardt, J. P. Jones, Kier D. Klepzig. 2004. Pathogenicity of Leptographium Species Associated with Loblolly Pine Decline
• Kier D. Klepzig, Jeanine Paschke, Wes Nettleton, Robert Anderson. 2003. Thinning and southern pine beetle
• Kier D. Klepzig, Charles H. Walkinshaw. 2003. Cellular response of loblolly pine to wound inoculation with bark beetle-associated fungi and chitosan
• B.J. Kopper, Kier D. Klepzig, K.F. Raffa. 2003. Effectiveness of modified White's solution at removing ascomycetes associated with the bark beetle Ips pini
• Jessica S. Veysey, Matthew P. Ayres, Maria J. Lombardero, Richard W. Hofstetter, Kier D. Klepzig. 2003. Relative Suitability of Virginia Pine and Loblolly Pine as Host Species for Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
• Richard A. Goyer, Kier D. Klepzig. 2002. Where Have All the Beetles Gone?
• Kier D. Klepzig, J.C. Moser, F.J. Lombardero, R.W. Hofstetter, M.P. Ayres. 2001. Symbiosis and competition: complex interactions among beetles, fungi, and mites
• Nadir Erbilgin, Alex Szele, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth Francis Raffa. 2001. Trap Type, Chirality of a-Pinene, and Geographic Region Affect Sampling Efficiency of Root and Lower Stem Insects in Pine
• Maria J. Lombardero, Kier D. Klepzig, Metthew P. Ayres. 2000. Biology, demography and community interactions of Tarsonemus (Acarina: Tarsonemidae) mites phoretic on Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
• James Barnett, Rod Busby, Floyd Bridgwater, Don English, Jim Hanula, Nancy Herbert, Kurt Johnsen, Brad Kard, Kier D. Klepzig, Charlie McMahon, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Tim Rials, Bob Rummer, Mike Shelton, Ron Thill, Tom Waldrop, Joan L. Walker, Nancy Walters. 2000. Sustainability and productivity of southern pine ecosystems
• Kier D. Klepzig, Fredrik Schlyter. 1999. Laboratory evaluation of plant-derived antifeedants against the pine weevil Hylobius abietis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Kier D. Klepzig. 1998. Competition between a biological control fungus, Ophiostoma piliferum, and symbionts of the southern pine beetle
• Kier D. Klepzig, Richard T. Wilkens. 1997. Competitive interactions among symbiotic fungi of the southern pine beetle
• Kier D. Klepzig, K.F. Raffa, E.B. Smalley. 1991. Association of an insect-fungal complex with red pine decline in Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., Entomology and Plant Pathology, 1994
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S., Entomology and Plant Pathology, 1989
• University of Wisconsin-Platteville, B.S., Biology and Reclamation, 1986