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- Title
Diversity and Distribution of Forest Insects.
- Authors
Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J.
- Abstract
Both of these ambrosia beetle species were more abundant in oak-dominated forests with a high canopy closure rate, indicative of a stable and humid environment suitable for the growth of ambrosia fungi, compared to oak forests with a low canopy closure level. It is true that many insect species, including the European spruce bark beetle, create specific conditions since their feeding galleries are microhabitats colonised, e.g., by several dozen fungal species and over 100 mite species. An example in this respect may be provided by the red-haired pine bark beetle I Hylurgus ligniperda i , which is a well-known forest insect that colonizes the phloem of pine species and which can attack stumps, freshly cut logs and stored timber. When we ponder or discuss present-day challenges faced by entomology, we focus first of all on climate change, since the warming climate contributes to a dramatic extension in the ranges of many invertebrate species.
- Subjects
FOREST insects; BEETLES; PINEWOOD nematode; INTRODUCED species; HABITATS; RARE insects; CONIFER wilt; WOOD borers
- Publication
Forests (19994907), 2022, Vol 13, Issue 11, p1857
- ISSN
1999-4907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/f13111857