Jiri Hulcr, Ph.D.
Ph: 517-256-1894 • Dept. of Bacteriology UW-Madison, 4325 Microbial Sciences, 1550 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706 • 
Curriculum Vitae • Publications
Research interests
Ecology, evolution and taxonomy of the bark and ambrosia beetle symbiotic consortium (Scolytinae, fungi, bacteria).
- Currently I am starting a survey of the bacterial community associated with the Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis, throughout its range.
- I discovered unexpected diversity of fungal symbionts of tropical ambrosia beetles (New Guinea and Borneo). Contrary to the contemporary paradigm, these fungi show little specificity to their beetle associates. Notably, some of the most phylogenetically derived beetles rely on symbiont theft.
- Ecology of tropical bark and ambrosia beetles: In the course of my collaboration with Biantang Research Center I established and managed a project investigating the host specificity, community structure and beta-diversity of the tropical bark and ambrosia beetles. The project is based on the work of parataxonomists, and is yielding significant datasets ( http://www.entu.cas.cz/png/ ).
- Evolution and systematics of the haplodiploid inbred Xyleborina ambrosia beetles. In the Holistic Insect Systematics Laboratory at MSU I am working on the generic revision of the subtribe and on revision of certain genera ( http://www.hisl.ent.msu.edu).
- Relationships between the populations of temperate bark beetles (especially the palearctic Spruce bark beetle Ips typographus), their predators and host trees, with special focus on the semiochemical basis of these interactions.
In the media
Links
- My on-line key to the world genera of Xyleborina, the largest group of ambrosia beetles.
- The New Guinea Binatang Research Center - a prominent tropical entomology research facility I collaborate with.
- My on-line pictures of Scolytidae via ForestryImages.