Sequence Resources
Links
barkbeetles.info - an excellent resource for ambrosia beetles of the Americas
http://www.ambrosiasymbiosis.org - a website encompassing the ambrosia symbiosis as a whole, includes a very useful guide to North American Xyleborini
References
The following references are referred to in the text of other pages on this website, and represent a cross section of the available literature on ambrosia fungi rather than an exhaustive list.
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