J. Hulcr - publications

Hulcr, J. (2009) Some repentance wouldn’t hurt taxonomy either: a junior taxonomist’s response to Quentin Wheeler. Opinion article, Systematic Entomology, 34(2), 199-201.

Hulcr, J. (2009) What makes a good insect identification handbook? Book review. Systematic Entomology, 34(2), 402-405.

Kolarik M, Hulcr J. (2008) Mycobiota associated with the ambrosia beetle Scolytodes unipunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Mycological research, 113, 44–60.

Hulcr J, Beaver R A, Paranasakul W, Dole S A, Sonthichai S (2008) A comparison of bark and ambrosia beetle communities in two forest types in Northern Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Environmental Entomology, in press.

Beaver R A & Hulcr J. (2008) A review of the ambrosia beetle genus Cryptoxyleborus Schedl (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 62(1) 133-153.

Kolarik M, Kubatova A, Hulcr J, Pazoutova S. (2008) Geosmithia fungi are highly diverse and consistent bark beetle associates: evidence from their community structure in temperate Europe. Microbial Ecology 55 (1), 65-80. (pdf)

Hulcr, J., Novotny, V., Maurer, B. A, and Cognato, A. I. (2007b). Low beta diversity of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera:Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in lowland rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Oikos, 117 (2), 214-222.

Novotny V, Miller S E, Hulcr J,  Drew R A I, Basset Y, Janda M, Setliff G P, Darrow K, Stewart A J A, Auga J, Isua B, Molem K, Manumbor M, Tamtiai E, Mogia M & Weiblen G D (2007): Low beta diversity of herbivorous insects in tropical forests. Nature 448(9), 692-697.

Hulcr, J., Mogia, M., Isua, B. and Novotny, V. (2007a). Host specificity of ambrosia and bark beetles (Col., Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in a New Guinea rain forest. Ecological Entomology, 32, 762-772.

Hulcr J, Kolarik M, Kirkendall L R. (2007c) A new record of fungus-beetle symbiosis in Scolytodes bark beetles (Scolytinae, Curculionidae, Coleoptera). Symbiosis 43, 151-159. (pdf)

Hulcr J., Beaver R., Dole S., Cognato A. 2007: Cladistic review of xyleborine generic taxonomic characters (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Systematic Entomology, 32, 568-584 (pdf).

Hulcr J, Miller S E, Darrow K, Hebert P, Weiblen G D 2007: DNA barcoding confirms polyphagy in a generalist moth, Homona mermerodes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 549-557 (pdf).

Pollet M.., Hulcr J.2007: The updated check list of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Czech Republic and Slovakia: background information, data and considerations. Biologia Bratislava 62(4) 470-476.

Hulcr J., Ubik K., Vrkoč J. 2006: The role of semiochemicals in tri-trophic interactions between the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus, its predators and infested spruce; Journ. Appl. Entomol., 130(5), 275-283 (pdf).

Hulcr J., Pollet M., Ubik K., Vrkoč J. 2005: Exploitation of kairomones and synomones by Medetera spp. (Diptera:Dolichopodidae), predators of spruce bark beetles; Eur. J. Entomol. 102(4): 655–662 (pdf).

Novotny, V., Miller S. E., Leps J., Basset Y., Bito D.,Janda M., Hulcr J., Damas K., Weiblen G. D. 2004:. No tree an island: the plant-caterpillar food web of a secondary rain forest in New Guinea. Ecology Letters 7: 1090-1100 (pdf).

Hulcr J. 1999: Natural regulators of the spruce bark beetle Ipstypographus L. in Sumava Mts. (Přirozeni regulatoři lykozrouta smrkoveho Ips typographus L. na Sumavě); B.Sc. thesis, Faculty ofBiological Sciences, University of South bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, CZ; in Czech.

Hulcr J. 2004: Semiochemical interactions between thepopulations of the spruce bark-beetle Ips typographus and its predators (Interakce lýkožrouta smrkového (Ips typographus) a jeho predatorů zprostředkovane semiochemikaliemi) M.Sc. thesis, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, in Czech, 37 pp.

Presentations

Hulcr J. 2008: Ecology and evolution of the fungus farming ambrosia beetles. Seminar series of the Department of Entomology, University of California – Davis; Oct. 2, 2008.

         - 2008: Frequent evolution of theft in fungus-farming ambrosia beetles. Evolution 2008 meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June 20-24, 2008.

         - 2008: Frequent evolution of theft in fungus-farming ambrosia beetles. 93rd meeting of the Ecological Society of America 2008, Milwaukee, WI, August 3-8, 2008.

         - 2008: Ambrosia beetles. Los Amigos Research Station, Madre de Dios, Peru, May 8, 2008.

         - 2007: Advances in the systematics of Xyleborina. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Dec. 8-13 2007, San Diego, CA

         - 2007: Low beta diversity of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in lowland rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 15-19.VII.2007, Morelia, Mexico.

         - 2007: Global diversity of ambrosia beetles. Partnership for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy meeting (NSF-PEET), Athens, GA, 26.-30.III. 2007.

         - 2007: Global diversity of ambrosia beetles. Iwokrama International Station, Guyana, 9.III.2007.

         - 2006: Beta-diversity of ambrosia beetles in lowland rainforests of Papua New Guinea. 2006 Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Dec 10-13, 2007, Indianapolis, Indiana.

         - 2006: Global diversity of tropical ambrosia beetles. 31.VII.2006. Danum Valley Research Station, South-East Asia Rainforest Research Programme, The Royal Society of UK, Sabah, Malaysia.

         - 2006: Global diversity of tropical ambrosia beetles. 26.VII.2006, The The Economic Planning Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

         - 2005: Host specificity of bark and ambrosia beetles in a tropical rainforest of Papua-New Guinea. 2005 Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 15-19, 2005, Fort Lauderdale.

         - 2005: Host specificity of tropical ambrosia beetles in Papua New Guinea, 8th Annual Graduate Student Forum, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, Sept 23, 2005

         - 2005: Scolytidae - the playground of evolution. Invited presentation at the Entomology Student Club meeting, University of Texas, Austin, April 2005

         - 2004: Interactions between the Spruce bark beetle and its predators mediated by semiochemicals. Detrimental factors in Czech Forests (Skodlivi cinitele v lesich Ceska) Kostelec nad Cernými lesy, March 31, 2004.

         - 2002: Communities of leaf-chewing insects in rainforests of New Guinea: Story of the parataxonomists’ conquest of tropical ecology; 4th New Guinea Biological Conference, Cenderwasih University, Jaypura, Indonesia, August 2002