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Insect natural enemies of Ips typographus (L.) (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) in managed and unmanaged stands of mixed lowland forest in Poland

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We tested the effects of forest management type (managed vs. unmanaged) on the abundances of Ips typographus (L.) (Col., Curculionidae, Scolytinae) and related parasitoids and predators reared from spruce bolts exposed in Białowieża, Poland. Habitat availability for these species differed between forest types mainly as a result of regular sanitary fellings occurring in managed forests. Populations of the common polyphagous insect predators Paromalus paralellepipedus (Herbst) and Plegaderus vulneratus (Panz.) (Col., Histeridae) or parasitoids Rhopalicus tutela (Walk.), Dinotiscus eupterus (Walk.) and Roptrocerus xylophagorum Ratz. (Hym., Pteromalidae) related to I. typographus did not differ between managed and unmanaged forests. Only Thanasimus spp. (Col., Cleridae) was significantly more abundant in managed forest, possibly because it was favored by the more open, sunny stands. However, the experiment was performed in stands where spruce is only a minor component and during the non-epidemic phase of the bark beetle population, so further experiments may be necessary to determine if the effects of sanitary fellings are greater in different forest types and at different stages of the population cycle.

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We thank Krzysztof Sućko and Lidia Sukovata for the help in field and laboratory work and two anonymous reviewers for valuable comments. The study was partly financed by Polish National Fund of Environmental Protection (grant to Jerzy Gutowski).

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  1. Department of Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, Sękocin Stary ul. Braci Leśnej no.3, 05-090, Raszyn, Poland

    Jacek Hilszczański & Cezary Bystrowski

  2. Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83, Umeå, Sweden

    Heloise Gibb

  3. CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

    Heloise Gibb

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Hilszczański, J., Gibb, H. & Bystrowski, C. Insect natural enemies of Ips typographus (L.) (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) in managed and unmanaged stands of mixed lowland forest in Poland. J Pest Sci 80, 99–107 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-006-0160-7

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