Volatilome And Symbiosis

Work program 1

Volatilomes from patches

Work program 2

Saproxylic beetles including BABs and their natural enemies

Work program 3

Volatilomes of wood pieces

Work program 4

Symbionts of target pest / invasive BAB species

Work program 5

Fitness effects of symbiont communities on target BAB species

Team

Prof. Dr. Peter Biedermann

Forest Entomology & Protection
University Freiburg

Email: peter.biedermann@forento.uni-freiburg.de

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitt

Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg
Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology

Email: thomas.schmitt@uni-wuerzburg.de

Lena Carlson

University Freiburg
Forest Entomology & Protection

Email: lena.carlson@forento.uni-freiburg.de

PhD

Objectives

The overall focus of our subproject is to measure the effects of the ESC/ESBC treatments on the diversity and abundance of

(i) volatile organic compounds,
(ii) saproxylic beetles, with a focus on bark and ambrosia beetles (BABs), as well as
(iii) natural enemies and fungal symbionts of BABs.

The latter will deliver effects of the treatments on the function symbiosis, which is a measure for fitness of the target BAB species.

We will do surveys at specific times and combine them with expert efforts to identify cryptic species and with results from fungal-symbiont metabarcoding, as recommended for multitrophic studies (Seibold et al. 2018). We will support the fieldwork and sample sorting of the PhD-students by technical and student assistants.

Parts of our data, like saproxylic beetles (including BABs) and fungal symbionts, are collected in collaboration with SP9 and SP7 and all our data is shared with SPZ and other interested SPs.

Sanderring

Röntgenring Hubland Nord Hubland Süd Campus Medizin

Prof. Dr. Peter Biedermann

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitt

Lena Carlson

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