20.500.12556/RUL-114158 Distribution and abundance of the alien Xylosandrus germanus and other ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in different forest stands in central Slovenia The East Asian ambrosia beetle (Xylosandrus germanus - Blandford 1894) is an invasive species that has become successfully established in Europe and North America. In Slovenia, X. germanus was first recorded in 2000 in the western part of the country, and since 2008 the species has also been identified in other parts of Slovenia. The first economic damage was recorded in 2016 after a massive attack on recently felled logs of different tree species, spurring research into this non-native invasive species. To examine the distribution and abundance of X. germanus compared to other ambrosia beetles and to determine voltinism and the flight period of the species in our climatic conditions, we deployed 19 ethanol-baited traps from March to November 2017 in oak-, beech- and fir-dominated forest stands in central Slovenia. To verify the vertical distribution of X. germanus, traps were installed at altitudes ranging from 303 m to 941 m a.s.l. Furthermore, the impact of the ice storm that hit Slovenia in 2014 on the abundance of X. germanus was also studied. Non-native X. germanus represented 71.8% of the total catch and was significantly more abundant than the other five most common species: Xyleborinus saxesenii (20.0%), Xyleborus monographus (3.6%), Anisandrus dispar (2.5%), Trypodendron domesticum (1.2%) and Trypodendron signatum (0.6%). X. germanus was most abundant in beech-dominated stands, but the differences between forest types were not significant. The species was found along the entire altitudinal gradient. Our results indicate that the swarming of X. germanus in lowland forests may already occur by the middle of March. Maximum flying activity was observed in May and early June in forests below 600 m a.s.l. and at the end of May and in June in forests above 700 m a.s.l. Only one generation per year was observed. The ice storm positively affected the abundance of X. germanus, especially in areas where sanitary logging was delayed. Xyleborinus attenuatus was detected for the first time in Slovenia. Xylosandrus germanus ambrosia beetles black timber bark beetle invasive species habitat preference monitoring ethanol-baited traps Xylosandrus germanus ambrozijski hrošči črnolesni ambrozijski podlubnik invazivne vrste preferenčni habitati pasti z etanolom true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Podatek o licenci CC BY-NC 4.0 je naveden na pristajalni strani članka – glej izvorni URL zgoraj. (Datum opombe: 21. 5. 2025) Članek v reviji 2020-02-19 12:21:42 2020-02-19 12:21:45 2025-05-21 13:10:44 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2019 0 0 Str. 451-458 iss. 5 Vol. 12 2019 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*1 1971-7458 10.3832/ifor3114-012 5520038 2513830 iForest_ifor3114-012_Hauptmann.pdf iForest_ifor3114-012_Hauptmann.pdf 1 472F51C490C6B5F68231A67CE9D6F1EF 796191b469d013f306d1feb9c1c63c898f7eb8c0cc8022ca18886379bc18f5d5 4c6c0282-1510-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=201548 https://iforest.sisef.org/abstract/?id=ifor3114-012 1 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=126311 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0