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Fredrik Schlyter is affiliated with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in the Czech Republic. Their research focuses mainly on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on insect science and ecology.

Their work encompasses several subfields, including Insect Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science. The main topics covered in their publications highlight areas such as Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect and Pesticide Research, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Roman Modlinger, Rastislav Jakuš, Amit Roy, Anna Jirošová, and Amrita Chakraborty.

Fredrik Schlyter's research has been published in several venues, with multiple publications in Forest Ecology and Management and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), as well as contributions to Forests, Journal of Pest Science, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Fredrik Schlyter include:

  • Interactions among Norway spruce, the bark beetle Ips typographus and its fungal symbionts in times of drought, 2021, Journal of Pest Science
  • Core Mycobiome and Their Ecological Relevance in the Gut of Five Ips Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Unravelling the gut bacteriome of Ips (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): identifying core bacterial assemblage and their ecological relevance, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • A highly-contiguous genome assembly of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, provides insight into a major forest pest, 2021, Communications Biology
  • The Last Trees Standing: Climate modulates tree survival factors during a prolonged bark beetle outbreak in Europe, 2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Best Publications

  • Olfactory recognition and behavioural avoidance of angiosperm nonhost volatiles by conifer-inhabiting bark beetles

    Qing-He Zhang;Fredrik Schlyter

  • Antennal transcriptome analysis of the chemosensory gene families in the tree killing bark beetles, Ips typographus and Dendroctonus ponderosae(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

    Martin N Andersson;Martin N Andersson;Ewald Grosse-Wilde;Christopher I. Keeling;Jonas M. Bengtsson

  • Intraspecific competition affecting parents and offspring in the bark beetle ips typographus

    Olle Anderbrant;Fredrik Schlyter;Goran Birgersson

  • Olfactory recognition of host-tree susceptibility by pine shoot beetles

    J. A. Byers;B. S. Lanne;J. Löfqvist;F. Schlyter

  • Quantitative variation of pheromone components in the spruce bark beetleIps typographus from different attack phases.

    Göran Birgersson;Fredrik Schlyter;Jan Löfqvist;Gunnar Bergström

  • Inducibility of chemical defenses in Norway spruce bark is correlated with unsuccessful mass attacks by the spruce bark beetle

    Christian Schiebe;Almuth Hammerbacher;Göran Birgersson;Johanna Witzell

  • Functional evolution of Lepidoptera olfactory receptors revealed by deorphanization of a moth repertoire

    Arthur de Fouchier;Arthur de Fouchier;William B. Walker;Nicolas Montagné;Claudia Steiner;Claudia Steiner

  • Non-host volatiles mediate associational resistance to the pine processionary moth.

    H. Jactel;G. Birgersson;S. Andersson;F. Schlyter

  • Field response of spruce bark beetle,Ips typographus, to aggregation pheromone candidates.

    Fredrik Schlyter;Göran Birgersson;John A. Byers;Jan Löfqvist

  • Volatiles from Nonhost Birch Trees Inhibit Pheromone Response in Spruce Bark Beetles

    John A. Byers;Qing-He Zhang;Fredrik Schlyter;Göran Birgersson

  • Sampling range, attraction range, and effective attraction radius: estimates of trap efficiency and communication distance in coleopteran pheromone and host attractant systems

    F. Schlyter

  • Attraction to pheromone sources of different quantity, quality, and spacing: Density-regulation mechanisms in bark beetleIps typographus.

    Fredrik Schlyter;John A. Byers;Jan Löfqvist

  • Leaf Volatiles from Nonhost Deciduous Trees: Variation by Tree Species, Season and Temperature, and Electrophysiological Activity in Ips typographus

    Qing H.E. Zhang;Göran Birgersson;Junwei Zhu;Christer Löfstedt

  • Green Leaf Volatiles Interrupt Pheromone Response of Spruce Bark Beetle, Ips typographus

    Qing-He Zhang;Fredrik Schlyter;Peter Anderson

  • Behavioural sequence in the attraction of the bark beetle Ips typographus to pheromone sources

    Fredrik Schlyter;Jan Löfqvist;John A. Byers

  • Inhibition of attraction to aggregation pheromone by verbenone and ipsenol : Density regulation mechanisms in bark beetleIps typographus.

    Fredrik Schlyter;Göran Birgersson;Anders Leufvén

  • Specificity and redundancy in the olfactory system of the bark beetle Ips typographus: single-cell responses to ecologically relevant odors.

    Martin N. Andersson;Mattias C. Larsson;Fredrik Schlyter

  • Bark volatiles from nonhost angiosperm trees of spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus (L.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae): Chemical and electrophysiological analysis

    Qing-He Zhang;Fredrik Schlyter;Göran Birgersson

  • Differences in attraction to semiochemicals present in sympatric pine shoot beetles, Tomicus minor and T. piniperda.

    B. S. Lanne;F. Schlyter;J. A. Byers;J. Löfqvist

  • Host‐plant use in the range expansion of the pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa

    Michael Stastny;Michael Stastny;Andrea Battisti;Edoardo Petrucco‐Toffolo;Fredrik Schlyter

Frequent Co-Authors

Bill S. Hansson
Bill S. Hansson Max Planck Society
Peter J. Anderson
Peter J. Anderson Monash University
John A. Byers
John A. Byers Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Olle Anderbrant
Olle Anderbrant Lund University
Christer Löfstedt
Christer Löfstedt Lund University
Mats Berglund
Mats Berglund Lund University
Torbjörn Norin
Torbjörn Norin Royal Institute of Technology
Paal Krokene
Paal Krokene Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
David G. Heckel
David G. Heckel Max Planck Society

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