About the Authors

Hisatomo Taki

htaki@affrc.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Forest Entomology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Isamu Okochi

Affiliation Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kimiko Okabe

Affiliation Department of Forest Entomology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Takenari Inoue

Affiliation Tama Forest Science Garden, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Hideaki Goto

Affiliation Kyushu Research Centre, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan

Takeshi Matsumura

Affiliation Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan

Shun'ichi Makino

Affiliation Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT IO KO TI SM. Performed the experiments: HT KO TI HG TM SM. Analyzed the data: HT SM. Wrote the paper: HT SM.