Volume 9
Issue 1
Biology
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume9/issue1/abs-05.html
COLEOPTERA FOUND ON NEOPHYTE PRUNUS SEROTINA (EHRH.) WITHIN FOREST COMMUNITY AND OPEN HABITAT
Kalina M. Nowakowska1, Aleksandra Halarewicz2
1 Forestry Management of Lubin, Poland
2 Department of Botany and Plant Ecology,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
ABSTRACT
Black cherry, Prunus serotina (Ehrh) is one of the invasive plant species that, for its ability to negatively affect local plant communities, may deserve particular attention and control measures. The authors present species composition of Coleoptera found on P.serotina in two habitats in SW part of Poland. It is the first record of this kind from Poland.
Key words: Coleoptera, black cherry, Prunus serotina, Poland, neophytes, invasive plant species.
Kalina M. Nowakowska
Forestry Management of Lubin, Poland
Gwarkow 53/9, 59-335 Lubin 7, Poland
email: ludekpies@interia.pl
Aleksandra Halarewicz
Department of Botany and Plant Ecology,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Pl. Grunwaldzki 24a, 50-363 Wroc³aw, Poland
email: aleksandra.halarewicz@up.wroc.pl
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