Forest Entomology
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Head: Dr. Martin Gossner
Our group Forest Entomology investigates forest insects in their broadest sense: ecology of potential forest pests, natural enemies, diversity of forest insects.
Research topics
- Infestation dynamics of bark beetles, effect of natural enemies
- Interactions between host trees and bark beetles
- Recolonization of windthrow and wildfire areas by insect communities
- Dependency of dead wood (saproxylic) insects on tree and stand characteristics
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News
The field season has started!
In March, the insect traps for the Lothar project were installed so that early flying insects could also be detected.
Open master thesis
In this master thesis, we want to investigate how land-use intensification, which is one of the major drivers of ongoing biodiversity loss, affects the functional composition of herbivorous insect communities in forests.
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The larch tortrix is back
Nearly 40 year after the last major outbreak of the larch tortix (Zeiraphera griseana) in the Upper Engadine, large-scale defoliation of larches due to the larvae of the larch tortrix could be observed this year. Beat Wermelinger reported in Swiss television (in German).
Publications
Watling, J.I.; Arroyo-Rodríguez, V.; Pfeifer, M.; Baeten, L.; Banks-Leite, C.; Cisneros, L.M.; Fang, R.; Hamel-Leigue, A.C.; Lachat, T.; Leal, I.R.; Lens, L.; Possingham, H.P.; Raheem, D.C.; Ribeiro, D.B.; Slade, E.M.; Urbina-Cardona, J.N.; Wood, E.M.; Fahrig, L., 2020: Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies. Ecology Letters, 23, 4: 674-681. doi: 10.1111/ele.13471
Petermann, J.S.; Roberts, A.L.; Hemmerling, C.; Bajerski, F.; Pascual, J.; Overmann, J.; Weisser, W.W.; Ruess, L.; Gossner, M.M., 2020: Direct and indirect effects of forest management on tree-hole inhabiting aquatic organisms and their functional traits. Science of the Total Environment, 704: 135418 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135418
Habel, J.C.; Gossner, M.M.; Schmitt, T., 2020: What makes a species a priority for nature conservation?. Animal Conservation, 23, 1: 28-35. doi: 10.1111/acv.12512
Castagneyrol, B.; Valdés-Correcher, E.; Bourdin, A.; Barbaro, L.; Bouriaud, O.; Branco, M.; Centenaro, G.; Csóka, G.; Duduman, M.; Dulaurent, A.; Eötvös, C.B.; Faticov, M.; Ferrante, M.; Fürjes-Mikó, Á.; Galmán, A.; Gossner, M.M.; Harvey, D.; Howe, A.G.; Kaennel-Dobbertin, M.; ... Tack, A.J.M., 2020: Can school children support ecological research? Lessons from the Oak Bodyguard citizen science project. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 5, 1: 10 (11 pp.). doi: 10.5334/cstp.267
Wermelinger, B., 2020: Ökologische Bedeutung von Borkenkäfern. Zürcher Wald, 27-29.
Wermelinger, B., 2020: Die wichtigsten Borkenkäferarten. Zürcher Wald, 30-33.
Wermelinger, B., 2020: Der Borkenkäfer - Altes, Neues, Wissenswertes. Zürcher Wald, 22-26.
Ettwein, A.; Korner, P.; Lanz, M.; Lachat, T.; Kokko, H.; Pasinelli, G., 2020: Habitat selection of an old-growth forest specialist in managed forests. Animal Conservation, doi: 10.1111/acv.12567
Büntgen, U.; Liebhold, A.; Nievergelt, D.; Wermelinger, B.; Roques, A.; Reinig, F.; Krusic, P.J.; Piermattei, A.; Egli, S.; Cherubini, P.; Esper, J., 2020: Return of the moth: rethinking the effect of climate on insect outbreaks. Oecologia, doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04585-9
Schulze, E.D.; Schweingruber, F.; Gossner, M.M.; Günther, A.; Weber, U.; Stumpf, B.; Komor, E., 2019: Springtime bark-splitting of Acer pseudoplatanus in Germany. Forests, 10, 12: 1106 (10 pp.). doi: 10.3390/F10121106
Leroy, B.M.L.; Gossner, M.M.; Lauer, F.P.M.; Petercord, R.; Seibold, S.; Jaworek, J.; Weisser, W.W., 2019: Assessing insecticide effects in forests: a tree-level approach using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Journal of Economic Entomology, 112, 6: 2686-2694. doi: 10.1093/jee/toz235
Deuxième édition révisée: Le bois mort fait partie du cycle forestier naturel. Même si son volume augmente depuis quelques décennies dans la forêt suisse, les objectifs en matière de conservation ne sont pas encore atteints.
Notice pour le praticien 52
2019
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Zweite überarbeitete Auflage: Totholz gehört zum natürlichen Waldzyklus und ist die Lebensgrundlage für zahlreiche Arten. Gezielte Massnahmen sind nötig, um anspruchsvolle Arten, die auf viel Totholz in einer bestimmten Qualität angewiesen sind, zu fördern.
Merkblatt für die Praxis 52
2019
Les fourmis des bois jouent un rôle essentiel dans nos forêts. C’est la raison pour laquelle elles furent mises sous protection dès 1966 en Suisse. Étant donné que leurs populations semblent reculer, il importe non seulement de mieux connaître les prestations qu’elles fournissent à la forêt, mais aussi leurs exigences vis-à-vis de leur habitat.
Notice pour le praticien 63
2019
Duelli, P.; Wermelinger, B.; Moretti, M.; Obrist, M.K., 2019: The impact of windthrow and forest fire on Neuropterida and Mecoptera. In: Weihrauch, F.; Frank, O.; Gruppe, A.; Jepson, J.E.; Kirschey, L.; Ohl, M. (eds), 2019: Proceedings of the XIII international symposium on neuropterology. XIII international symposium on neuropterology, Laufen, Germany. 163-172.
Wermelinger, B., 2019: Wiederauferstehung des Lärchenwicklers 2018. Bündnerwald, 72, 6: 30-35.
Schneider, F.D.; Fichtmueller, D.; Gossner, M.M.; Güntsch, A.; Jochum, M.; König‐Ries, B.; Le Provost, G.; Manning, P.; Ostrowski, A.; Penone, C.; Simons, N.K., 2019: Towards an ecological trait‐data standard. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 2006-2019. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13288
Seibold, S.; Gossner, M.M.; Simons, N.K.; Blüthgen, N.; Müller, J.; Ambarlı, D.; Ammer, C.; Bauhus, J.; Fischer, M.; Habel, J.C.; Linsenmair, K.E.; Nauss, T.; Penone, C.; Prati, D.; Schall, P.; Schulze, E.; Vogt, J.; Wöllauer, S.; Weisser, W.W., 2019: Arthropod decline in grasslands and forests is associated with landscape-level drivers. Nature, 574, 7780: 671-674. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1684-3
Jakoby, O.; Lischke, H.; Wermelinger, B., 2019: Climate change alters elevational phenology patterns of the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus). Global Change Biology, 25, 12: 4048-4063. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14766
Neff, F.; Blüthgen, N.; Chisté, M.N.; Simons, N.K.; Steckel, J.; Weisser, W.W.; Westphal, C.; Pellissier, L.; Gossner, M.M., 2019: Cross-scale effects of land use on the functional composition of herbivorous insect communities. Landscape Ecology, 34, 8: 2001-2015. doi: 10.1007/s10980-019-00872-1
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