Influence of predators and parisitoids on bark beetle productivity

Jan Weslien

Treesearch

Influence of predators and parisitoids on bark beetle productivity

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jan Weslien

Year:

1991

Type:

Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Baranchikov, Yuri N.; Mattson, William J.; Hain, Fred P.; Payne, Thomas L., eds. Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees; 1989 August 13-17; Abakan, Siberia, U.S.S.R. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-153. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 396.

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Abstract

In an earlier field experiment, natural enemies of the bark beetle, Ips typographus (L) were estimated to have reduced bark beetle productivity by more than 80 percent. To test this hypothesis, spruce logs (Picea abies) were placed in the forest in the spring, prior to commencement of flight by I. typographus. The logs were screened at different times following onset of bark beetle attack. The screens prevented further colonization by bark beetles and associated insects. The insects were subsequently collected as they emerged from the logs the following autumn or the following spring.

Parent Publication

Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees

Citation

Weslien, Jan. 1991. Influence of predators and parisitoids on bark beetle productivity. In: Baranchikov, Yuri N.; Mattson, William J.; Hain, Fred P.; Payne, Thomas L., eds. Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees; 1989 August 13-17; Abakan, Siberia, U.S.S.R. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-153. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 396.