Study of dendrophilous insects at forest research stations of the Institute of forest science Russian Academy of Sciences

A brief analysis of the issues of entomological investigations in forest stands of the Institute of Forest Science Russian Academy of Sciences (IFS RAS) has been carried out. In the process of long-term stationary studies, the features of the population dynamics of the main species of phyllophagous insects, their impact on the health condition of oak trees of various phenological forms and on plantings in general against the background of climatic changes, as well as the consortive relations of xylophilous insects with their host plants were studied using the example of bark beetles. In long time period specialists of the institute studied insects in forest stations of Moscow, Voronezh and Volgograd regions. Articles by Gruntal’ S. Yu., Korol’kova G. E., Moravskaya A. S., Lindeman G. V., Rafes P. M. and Rubtsova N. N. focus on the study of insects, as components of ecological communities. The bark beetles are one of the most serious threats to the forest of European part of Russia...