Proceedings: Ecology, Survey and Management of Forest Insects

Abstract

Contains 46 papers and abstracts presented at a meeting sponsored by the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) Working Party S7.03-06, "Integrated Management of Forest Defoliating Insects," and Working Party S7.03.07, "Population Dynamics of Forest Insects."

Titles contained within Proceedings: Ecology, Survey and Management of Forest Insects

• The attack of Aesculus hippocastanum L. by Cameraria ohridella Deschka and Dimic (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Greece
• New lure for the larger pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda - attractant/trap design combinations tested in North America and Europe
• Bark beetle management after a mass attack - some Swiss experiences
• Integrated management of little spruce sawfly (Pristiphora abietina): design pattern
• Definition of spatial patterns of bark beetle Ips typographus (L.) outbreak spreading in Tatra Mountains (Central Europe), using GIS
• The population and seasonal dynamics of weevils developing in the soil of birch stands
• Spread and character of Tomostethus nigritus F. outbreaks in Croatia during the last decade
• Microsporidian pathogens in European gypsy moth populations
• Dependency of outbreaks distribution from insects - defoliators' seasonal development
• Dynamics of foci of forest pest insects in Russia over the last decade
• Host-plant relationships and comparative ecology of conifer - feeding budworms (Choristoneura spp.)
• Monitoring and risk assessment of the spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus
• Sterile insect technique as a tool for increasing the efficacy of gypsy moth biocontrol
• Beetle fauna captured in traps baited with Tomicus piniperda pheromone blends in a pine stand in Central Croatia
• Interrelations of green oak leaf roller population and common oak: results of 30-year monitoring and mathematical modeling
• Host-tree preferences of the pine moth (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) and pine beauty moth (Lepidopera: Noctuidae) larvae in relation to needle quality
• Radial growth rate and susceptibility of Picea rubens Sarg. to Tetropium fuscum (Fabr.)
• Preliminary results on predation of gypsy moth egg masses in Slovakia
• The role of selected soil fauna as predators of Apethymus abdominalis Lep. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in oak forests in the District Caiuti, Romania
• Parasitoid communities of two invading leafminers of black locust in Hungary: first year results
• Intercept™ Panel Trap (INT PT) effective in management of forest Coleoptera
• Imaginal diapause in the bark beetle, Ips typographus
• Imaginal diapause in the bark beetle, Ips typographus
• Xylobios: patterns, roles and determinants of saproxylic diversity in Belgian deciduous forests
• Reproduction of a woodwasp, Urocerus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) using no maternal symbiotic fungus
• Spatial Patterns of first spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) infestation of standing Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) after heavy storm damage in Switzerland
• Trypodendron domesticum and Trypodendron signatum: two scolytid species involved in beech decline in Belgium
• Forest litter insect community succession in clearcuts of Norway spruce
• Qualitative survey of five beech damaging Coleoptera (Scolytidae and Lymexylonidae) in Wallonia (Southern Belgium)
• Management of shoot boring moths from genera Rhyacionia and Eucosma with attract and kill technology
• Fire as a tool in restoring and maintaining beetle diversity in boreal forests: preliminary results from a large-scale field experiment
• Location, evolution and importance of Cephalcia spp. (Hym: Pamphiliidae) populations in Polish Carpathian Mountains
• Methods used for investigating the incidence of Phytophthora disease of alder in Hungary
• Migration features of Ips typographus in the Tatra Mountains: using a genetic method
• Braconid (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) parasitoids of bark beetles in upland spruce stands of the Czech Republic
• Effect of aerial sprays on the abundance of litter insects
• Bark beetles (Scolytidae, Coleoptera) in Slovenia with special regard to species in burnt pine forests
• Phenological prediction of forest pest-defoliators
• The frequency and intensity of bark beetle infestations recorded in Romanian forests affected by windfall in 1995
• Dendrochronological analysis of trees and stands attacked by Dendroctonus ponderosae in Colorado
• Insects in IBL-4 pine weevil traps
• Ips typographus (L.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in southeastern Alps: results of a six-year-long monitoring program
• Biotic agents that damage black locust in Hungary
• Pine shoot beetles Blastophagus piniperda L. and B. minor Hart. associated with outbreaks of the pine beauty moth (Panolis flammea Schiff.)
• Survey of Hylobius abietis (L.) and associated species in reforestation areas using baited pitfall traps
• Pheromone traps and other methods in assessing pine beauty moth (Panolis flammea Schiff.)
• Pine beauty moth (Panolis flammea Schiff.) outbreak management: suppression versus natural enemies

Citation

McManus, Michael L.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; [eds.] 2003. Proceedings: Ecology, Survey and Management of Forest Insects. 2002 September 1-5; Krakow, Poland. Gen. Tech . Rep. NE-311. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 178 p.