
Forest Entomology ¶
Head: Dr. Martin Gossner
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Our group Forest Entomology investigates forest insects in their broadest sense: ecology of potential forest pests, natural enemies, diversity of forest insects.
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).
Projects ¶
The field season has started! ¶

In March, the insect traps for the Lothar projectwere installed so that early flying insects could also be detected.
Call to participate in a global experiment ¶

We propose a global protocol to assess human impacts on forest ecosystems using experimental microcosms. The main question we aim to address is:
How do current and future climatic conditions, forest habitat degradation and management, influence biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in water filled microcosms worldwide?
Interested? Please contact Martin Gossner
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

open master theses ¶
There are several open master theses in the forest entomology group:
- Effect of Microclimatic Gradients in Tree Crowns on Plant-Herbivore Interactions
- Forensic entomology
- Phytothelmata in Dipsacus fullonum
- Insect predation
- Relevance of ash volatiles for ash-beetle interactions
- Interaction between an invasive fungus and a beetle on ash
If interested, contact Martin Gossner.
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