J. For. Sci., 2010, 56(10):474-484 | DOI: 10.17221/33/2010-JFS

Merocoenoses of cambioxylophagous insect fauna of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) with focus on bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and types of tree damage in different gradation conditions

E. Kula1, W. Z±becki2
1 Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Forestry, Agricultural University of Cracow, Cracow, Poland

Research on merocoenoses of cambioxylophagous insect fauna of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) was carried out in spruce stands of different age in the area with an endemic population (Moravian-Silesian Beskids, Czech Republic) and in the area with an epidemic population (Beskid Żywiecki, Poland) of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (L.). The structure of merocoenoses was characterized separately for standing trees attacked by bark beetles, trees struck by lightning, trees affected by fungal pathogens and wind-felling and trees in the form of snags and fragments. The occurrence of cambioxylophagous insects, mostly bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), was compared between the study areas with emphasis on dominant facultative primary bark beetles and types of damage to spruce trees.

Keywords: bark beetles; the Beskids; Central Europe; merocoenoses; Norway spruce, Picea abies; tree damage

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Kula E, Z±becki W. Merocoenoses of cambioxylophagous insect fauna of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) with focus on bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and types of tree damage in different gradation conditions. J. For. Sci. 2010;56(10):474-484. doi: 10.17221/33/2010-JFS.
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