Regulation of spruce bark beetles by woodpeckers—a literature review

Fayt, Philippe; Machmer, Marlene M.; Steeger, Christoph

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.054

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“…The relatively large proportions of cavity and tree reuse are interesting because the threetoed woodpecker is generally considered a species adapted to disturbance dynamics in northern boreal forests (e.g. Winkler & Christie 2002, Fayt et al 2005. Disturbances like windfalls, forest fires and floods create biotopes with dead and decaying wood suitable for saproxylic beetles making those areas favourable for the three-toed woodpecker.…”

Section: Three-toed Woodpeckers In Old Cavities and Nest Treesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the numerical response of a three-toed woodpecker breeding population to favourable disturbances in forest landscape can be considerable (see Fayt et al 2005), recruits from outside the local population must be involved. In such cases spatial scales of disturbances were usually larger than in our study, even tens or hundreds of square kilometers.…”

Section: Three-toed Woodpeckers In Old Cavities and Nest Treesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Importance of Nesting Cavity and Tree Reuse in the Three-Toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylusin Dynamic Forest Landscapes

Pakkala

Tiainen

Kouki

2017

Annales Zoologici Fennici

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Cavity-nesting birds can save time and energy by reusing old cavities. We studied cavity reuse and its connections to nesting success and timing in the three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus in a 170-km 2 area in southern Finland during 1987-2015. The data include 520 nest trees, 645 nest cavities and 833 nestings in 86 territory sites, including 211 cases of cavity reuse. Twenty-five percent of nestings was in previously used cavities. Twenty-eight percent of cavities and 25% of nest trees were used more than once. Reuse improved nesting success and facilitated early nesting in the year following first nesting. Reuse of nest trees with several cavities was observed in 15% of nest trees, and 62% of reused cavities were in those multi-cavity trees. Cavity reuse and multi-cavity trees were most abundant in long-term territories with stable habitats. In boreal forests, cavity and tree reuse can be an important adaptation allowing efficient nesting during a short breeding season.

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Section: Three-toed Woodpeckers In Old Cavities and Nest Treesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Three-toed Woodpeckers In Old Cavities and Nest Treesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Importance of Nesting Cavity and Tree Reuse in the Three-Toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylusin Dynamic Forest Landscapes

Pakkala

Tiainen

Kouki

2017

Annales Zoologici Fennici

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“…Based on a review of the literature, Fayt et al [88] suggested that woodpeckers (Picoides sp.) play a significant role in the regulation of spruce beetle populations.…”

Section: Natural Enemiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature indicated that woodpeckers caused between 19% and 98% beetle mortality depending on spruce beetle population densities and larval size. These values considered the direct effects of woodpeckers on spruce beetle mortality and the indirect effects including accelerated desiccation of host trees, competition with other predators and parasites, higher caloric requirements associated with cold temperatures, or lethally high temperatures [88].…”

Section: Natural Enemiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spruce Beetle Biology, Ecology and Management in the Rocky Mountains: An Addendum to Spruce Beetle in the Rockies

Jenkins

Hebertson

Munson

2014

Forests

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Spruce beetle outbreaks have been reported in the Rocky Mountains of western North America since the late 1800s. In their classic paper, Spruce Beetle in the Rockies, Schmid and Frye reviewed the literature that emerged from the extensive outbreaks in Colorado in the 1940s. A new wave of outbreaks has affected Rocky Mountain subalpine spruce-fir forests beginning in the mid-1980s and continuing to the present. These outbreaks have spurred another surge of basic and applied research in the biology, ecology and management of spruce and spruce beetle populations. This paper is a review of literature on spruce beetle focusing on work published since the late 1970s and is intended as an addendum to Spruce Beetle in the Rockies.

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“…Thus, the trap catches of subcortical insects were high 2 years after the wind storm (in 2001), but then they declined. Possible reasons for the decline of early-successional subcortical insect flight activity with time are: increasing populations of insect (Ryall 2003;Ryall et al 2006) and avian (Baldwin 1968;Fayt et al 2005) natural enemies (Ryall and Smith 2001); greater inter-and intra-specific competition (Robins and Reid 1997); lower availability and quality of CWD as habitat on the disturbed landscape (Wallace 1953;Wickman 1965;Jacobs 2004); and/or rapid salvaging of other downed material on the landscape (USDA Forest Service 1962. Similar results were reported for the activity of I. pini in ice-damaged P. resinosa stands in Ontario where beetle activity declined markedly 2-4 years after the storm (Ryall et al 2006), and for the activity of Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte in wind-damaged stands in California where beetle activity declined 2 years after the storm (Miller 1928).…”

Section: Subcortical Insect Species Compositionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of Semiochemicals to Assess the Biodiversity of Subcortical Insects following an Ecosystem Disturbance in a Sub-boreal Forest

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From 2000 through 2003 we used semiochemicalbaited traps in northeastern Minnesota, USA, to assess changes in assemblages of subcortical forest insects after a catastrophic wind storm in 1999 and subsequent (1999)(2000) fuel-reduction activities (salvage-logging and prescribed-burning). We determined the regional efficacy of fifteen semiochemical blends (pheromones and kairomones) as attractants for target and non-target subcortical insect species (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Cleridae, Cucujidae, Curculionidae, Histeridae, Nemonychidae, Salpingidae, Scolytidae, Tenebrionidae, and Hymenoptera: Siricidae we trapped 86,471 subcortical insects (143 species) in baited and unbaited Lindgren funnel traps, and 500 beetles (44 species) in baited and unbaited pitfall traps. We report 23 new state collection records of subcortical insects from Minnesota. Trap catches of subcortical insects were greatest in the wind-disturbed areas 2 years after the event, and declined thereafter. Similar trends were observed for subcortical insects in the burned areas. Both wind-disturbance and burning increased the subcortical insect species richness and diversity on the landscape. The subcortical insect species compositions of the salvaged and burned forest areas differed from those of the undisturbed and wind-disturbed areas. Trap catches of subcortical insects in response to semiochemical treatments also varied with year of sampling and land-area treatment. The greatest diversity of subcortical beetle species was in traps baited with attractants for the scolytids, Dendroctonus valens [(+)-α-pinene and (−)-β-pinene] and Dryocoetes spp. [exo-brevicomin and (−)-α-pinene], perhaps reflecting the generic nature of the baits. The most distinct species compositions were collected in response to the woodborer and Dendroctonus simplex baits, whereas the species compositions in traps with the D. valens and Dryocoetes spp. baits, and the unbaited funnel trap were the most similar. The variation in trap catch with time and across landscapes suggests that the responses of subcortical insects to semiochemicals are more complex than previously appreciated.

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Regulation of spruce bark beetles by woodpeckers—a literature review

Cited by 115 publications

References 46 publications

The Importance of Nesting Cavity and Tree Reuse in the Three-Toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylusin Dynamic Forest Landscapes

The Importance of Nesting Cavity and Tree Reuse in the Three-Toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylusin Dynamic Forest Landscapes

Spruce Beetle Biology, Ecology and Management in the Rocky Mountains: An Addendum to Spruce Beetle in the Rockies

Application of Semiochemicals to Assess the Biodiversity of Subcortical Insects following an Ecosystem Disturbance in a Sub-boreal Forest

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