The pine stands of the Vyshcha Dubechnia State Forestry Enterprise in Emerald Network sites Kyivske Reservoir UA0000094, Podesennia UA0000233, Mizhrichynsky Regional Landscape Park UA0000047 are an important reserve that includes species and habitats insects subject to protection. Most existing studies this area were designed identify describe individual habitats, while xylophagous not consider...

During the course of mold surveys, a set of Talaromyces isolates were obtained that did not fit any described species. Phenotypic examination of these isolates showed that they were similar to T. piceus but differed in some growth characteristics. Multilocus DNA sequence data were obtained for the new isolates and some related species in the broader, more inclusive clade, and the data were anal...

The following species of Curculionoidea are newly recorded from the Canadian province of Quebec: Coelocephalapion emaciipes (Fall, 1898); Ischnopterapion virens (Herbst, 1797); Omphalapion hookerorum (Kirby, 1808); Perapion punctinasum (J.B. Smith, 1884) (all Brentidae); Anthonomus robustulus LeConte, 1876; Pseudanthonomus helvolus (Boheman, 1843); Bagous magister LeConte, 1876; Bagous tanneri ...

Mechanical thinning and the application of prescribed fire are commonly used to restore fire-adapted forest ecosystems in the Western United States. During a 10-year period, we monitored the effects of fuel-reduction and forest-restoration treatments on levels of tree mortality in an interior ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws., forest in California. Twelve experimental plots, rangi...

Oak decline presenting symptoms of tracheomycosis have been observed globally over long periods time. Since the 1990s, oak has considered to be a multifactorial process where abiotic predisposing factors play significant role. Nevertheless, biotic factors, such as subcortical insects and fungal pathogens, may influence process, some insect species transmit spores tracheomycotic pathogens. We in...