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<p>Forest management greatly affects the population density of the European spruce bark beetle, <italic>Ips typographus</italic>. In this study, a meta-analysis was used to determine whether infection levels of pathogens of <italic>I. typographus</italic> differ between managed and unmanaged spruce stands. The analysis used data from 10 publications and a total of 61 locations. The results indicated that infection levels of the most common pathogens (ItEPV, <italic>Gregarina typographi</italic>, and <italic>Mattesia schwenkei</italic>) are higher in unmanaged than in managed locations. The only exception is the microsporidium <italic>Chytridiopsis typographi</italic>, which is more common in managed than in unmanaged locations. Our meta-analysis indicates that pathogen levels are generally higher in unmanaged than in managed locations.</p>
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Forest management greatly affects the population density of the European spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus. In this study, a meta-analysis was used to determine whether infection levels of pathogens of I. typographus differ between managed and unmanaged spruce stands. The analysis used data from 10 publications and a total of 61 locations. The results indicated that infection levels of the most common pathogens (ItEPV, Gregarina typographi, and Mattesia schwenkei) are higher in unmanaged than in managed locations. The only exception is the microsporidium Chytridiopsis typographi, which is more common in managed than in unmanaged locations. Our meta-analysis indicates that pathogen levels are generally higher in unmanaged than in managed locations.

Infection levels of pathogens in the European spruce bark beetle <italic>Ips typographus</italic> (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at managed and unmanaged forest locations: a meta-data analysis

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, CZ – 165 21 Prague 6 – Suchdol,

Central European Forestry Journal

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Infection levels of pathogens in the European spruce bark beetle  (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at managed and unmanaged forest locations: a meta-data analysis

Forest management greatly affects the population density of the European spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus. In this study, a meta-analysis was used to...

Infection levels of pathogens in the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at managed and unmanaged forest locations: a meta-data analysis

Published Online: Jan 27, 2017

Page range: 216 - 222

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/forj-2016-0023

Keywords
pathogen infection levels, management, microsporidia, gregarines, ItEPV

© 2016 Hana Vanická et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Infection levels of pathogens in the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at managed and unmanaged forest locations: a meta-data analysis

Published Online: Jan 27, 2017

Page range: 216 - 222

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/forj-2016-0023

Keywordspathogen infection levels, management, microsporidia, gregarines, ItEPV

© 2016 Hana Vanická et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pathogen infection levels, management, microsporidia, gregarines, ItEPV