Dear Sir/Madam,
The Western North American Naturalist is currently offering their memoirs and monographs to anyone in the United States, free of charge (cost of shipping for international). We believe that you might be interested in the following:
GBN Memoirs #6. The bark and ambrosia beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a taxonomic monograph (1982)
This monograph describes biological activities, ecological role, biogeography, and classification of bark and ambrosia beetles. It contains drawings and some photographs for species identification; 1359 pages.
GBN Memoirs #10. A reclassification of the genera of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) (1986)
This text reclassifies tribes within the subfamilies Hylesininae and Scolytinae, with photos and drawings to aid identification; 126 pages.
GBN Memoirs #11. A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), part 1: bibliography (1987) Companion to #13; 685 pages.
GBN Memoirs #13. A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), part 2: taxonomic index (2 volumes) (1992) Companion to #11; 1552 pages.
To view the complete list of memoirs, go to http://wnan.byu.edu/publications.asp
If you are interested, please email Emmaleigh Litchfield at wnan(a)byu.edu<mailto:wnan@byu.edu> with the number of copies and a shipping address.
Sincerely,
Emmaleigh Litchfield, Editorial Assistant
Western North American Naturalist
Mark C. Belk, Editor
190 Monte L. Bean Museum
Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602
Email: wnan(a)byu.edu<mailto:wnan@byu.edu>
Telephone: (801) 422-6688
Fax: (801) 422-0093
( full meeting info is at http://biocontrolfornature.org )
Announcement of an Internation Meeting on
"Biological Control for the Protection of Native Ecosystems"
To be held October 3-7, 2010, in Northampton, MA, with sponsorship of the
University of MA, the University of CA, USDA Forest Service, USDA-ARS, US
Department of Fish and Wildlife and the US National Park Service. The
meeting's purpose is to explore the benefits of classical biological
control to native forests, and associated habitats including wetlands,
grasslands, deserts, and oceanic islands. The meeting is intended increase
mutual understanding between the disciplines of biological control and
conservation biology and examine how biological control contributes to
the restoration of species and communities damaged by invasive plants and
insects. The meeting website can be found at "biocontrolfornature.org"
and here we attached the scientific program. The venue for the meeting is
a classic small New England city, with most architecture dating from the
1890s, amply opportunities for tourism, dining and live music all within
walking distance. The meeting takes place just prior to peak color for
fall foliage. The meeting site is an historic hotel located in downtown
Northampton, less than a block from vibrant street life, shops and
restaurants. The meeting will include a one day field trip to view
locally important invasive species, some of which are current or
developing targets of biological control (hemlock woolly adelgid, Japanese
knotweed, swallowwort, garlic mustard), as well as to appreciate views of
the fall landscape and some cultural points. For more information
consult the website or email/call Roy Van Driesche at UMASS (413-545-1061,
vandries(a)nre.umass.edu).
Folks,
technology is not my strong point so I ask your forgiveness if
I've sent this out twice.
Yours,
Dr. Martin MacKenzie, Forest Pathologist
Southern Sierra Shared Service Area
(209) 532 3671 ext 242
Stanislaus National Forest
19777 Greenley Road
Sonora, CA 95370
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Subject
Flight of Melanophila
A question for members of the FORENT network.
Folks, this student of entomology has been reading about the IR sensing
Melanophila acuminata and would like to go out and catch one. So here is
my question does this species fly at night or in the daylight?
Does anyone have trap data that could answer my question? As the insect
does not need sunlight to detect IR, I assume it would be safer for it to
fly at night.
This amateur entomologist appreciates the past support he has had from all
the professionals out there!
Yours,
Dr. Martin MacKenzie, Forest Pathologist
Southern Sierra Shared Service Area
(209) 532 3671 ext 242
Stanislaus National Forest
19777 Greenley Road
Sonora, CA 95370
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Sorry for cross posting!
First Announcement
IUFRO Working Party 7.03.05 "Ecology and Management of Bark
and Wood Boring Insects" former: "Integrated control of scolytid
bark beetles"
"Novel risks with bark and wood boring insects in broadleaved
and conifer forests"
7th September - 9th September 2011, Sopron, Hungary
These are the days just after the `Fourth Workshop on Genetics of Bark Beetles and
Associated Microorganisms´ to be held at the same location from the 5th to the 6th of
September, 2011.
The venue will be at the:
University of West-Hungary, Sopron (http://www.nyme.hu/)
and at the
Best Western Hotel Pannonia in Sopron, Hungary
(http://www.pannoniahotel.com/index.php/en )
Local organiser Ferenc Lakatos (flakatos(a)emk.nyme.hu),
together with WP 7.03.05 coordinator, Barbara Bentz
(bbentz(a)fs.fed.us), and deputy coordinator Rudolf Wegensteiner
(rudolf.wegensteiner(a)boku.ac.at).
Meeting homepage (at the moment under construction):
http://www.nyme.hu/IUFRO-2011
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Ferenc Lakatos PhD
University of West-Hungary
Faculty of Forestry
Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection (ISFP)
H-9400 Sopron, Bajcsy-Zs. u. 4.
Tel.: +36-99-518160 Fax: +36-99-518676
Home(s): University: http://www.nyme.hu
Faculty: http://www.emk.nyme.hu/index.php/6990
ISFP: http://www.emk.nyme.hu/index.php?id=14207
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We are looking for a postdoctoral candidate for a 2 years position to work on
thecontemporary dispersal of the bark beetleDendroctonus micansusing molecular
markers. The candidate should have a strong experience in population genetic analyses and
in working with molecular markers. Experience in forest entomology will also be valued, but is
not essential. The candidate will contribute to a project (see description below) funded by the
Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), and work in the laboratory of Biological Control
and Spatial Ecology (http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/lubies/index.html)and in the laboratory of
Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (http://ebe.ulb.ac.be/ebe/ebe-Welcome.html). To apply,
please send a CV, a statement of research interests/experiences, and names and contact
information of two references that are familiar with your work, to Jean-Claude Grégoire
(jcgregoi(a)ulb.ac.be), before June 21, 2010. Wewill eventually propose one candidate for
apostdoctoral grant from the FNRS (onlynon-Belgian candidates, who had their doctorate at
most 6 years before the postdoc starts, are eligible). The grant can start in January 2011 and
salary is ca. 2000 euros/month.
The aim of the proposed research will be to complement a general study of the contemporary
dispersal of the bark beetle Dendroctonus micans (Scolytine) by analyzing its population
structure with molecular markers.
D. micans is probably of Siberian origin and has been gradually moving into Western Europe
since the late nineteenth century. The whole life cycle of this insect occurs within the phloem
of living spruces, despite the presence of toxic monoterpenes in the resin. The larvae are
gregarious. The sex ratio is unbalanced, ranging from 1:10 to 1:40 in favour of females. After
metamorphosis, the young males mate with their sisters, so that 98% of the emerging
females are fertilized by their brothers. Each female is then immediately able to colonize a
new host. The adults are not gregarious and attack their host tree solitarily.
For a long time, it was thought that the males never leave their natal gallery, because they
mate within them. However, males have recently been trapped in the forest (passive
interception traps) in ratios similar to those observed in the galleries. This raises questions
over the fate of these males and over the function of their flights. Do the flying males enter
other chambers containing pre-emergent broods, or do they join their sisters in their new
galleries? Only one adult female is usually found in the newly formed egg galleries.
A preliminary study of genetic variation suggests low levels of variation within populations, but
has identified a couple of microsatellite loci for which different alleles are fixed in different
populations sampled in France and Belgium. The proposed postdoc will focus on the
indentification of additional molecular markers and their use for characterizing the genetic
structure of D. micans populations. These molecular data will be combined with behavioral
data and a field study directly assessing the movement of the beetles, in order to increase
our understanding of the dispersal strategy of this insect pest.
