Forest Entomology
- 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.
- Data Manager:
Our group Forest Entomology investigates forest insects in their broadest sense: ecology of potential forest pests, natural enemies, diversity of forest insects.
Research topics
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Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape (WSL)
- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
- Community Ecology
- Research Unit Forest Resources and Management (FoReMa)
- Forest Dynamics
- Forest Soils and Biogeochemistry
- Forest health and biotic interactions
- Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements (GebirgsHydrologie)
- Land Change Science
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF)
- National data and information center for the fungi of Switzerland (SwissFungi)
- SwissLichens
- WSL Publications (Web & Print)