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Dr. Wojciech Grodzki
Head of the Laboratory of Mountain Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, Kraków

Research interests:
- “Effect of Forest Health on Biodiversity with Emphasis on Air Pollution in the Carpathian Mountains”, IUFRO-SPDC, 1998-2000, co-ordinator of research on bark beetles,
- “Long-term effects of air pollution on selected forest ecosystems in the Tatra Mountains (Western Carpathians) – a cooperative study between Poland, Slovakia and USA”, USDA Forest Service, 2000-2001, co-ordinator of research on bark beetles,
- “Integrated risk assessment and new pest management technologies in ecosystems affected by forest decline and bark beetle outbreaks”, INCO-Copernicus, 1998-2002, co-ordinator of Polish team

International experience and memberships
- Fellowship in the National Institute of Agronomic Research, Orleans, France, 1990
- Fellowship in the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1992
- Member of the Management Committee of COST E-16 Action BAWBILT (1998-2002)
- Deputy Coordinator of the IUFRO WP 7.03.10 “Methodology of Forest Insect And Disease Survey in Central Europe” (from 1998)
Participation in research programs:
- “Effect of Forest Health on Biodiversity with Emphasis on Air Pollution in the Carpathian Mountains”, IUFRO-SPDC, 1998-2000, co-ordinator of research on bark beetles,
- “Long-term effects of air pollution on selected forest ecosystems in the Tatra Mountains (Western Carpathians) – a cooperative study between Poland, Slovakia and USA”, USDA Forest Service, 2000-2001, co-ordinator of research on bark beetles,
- “Integrated risk assessment and new pest management technologies in ecosystems affected by forest decline and bark beetle outbreaks”, INCO-Copernicus, 1998-2002, co-ordinator of Polish team
Member of the Advisory Boards of the Tatra and the Pieniny Mountains National Parks
Language skills (3 foreign)

    Publications ( 5 recent ):

  1. Grodzki W. 2004: Some reactions of Ips typographus (L.) (Col.: Scolytidae) to changing breeding conditions in a forest decline area in Sudeten Mountains, Poland. J. Pest Science 77, 1: 43-48.
  2. Grodzki W., McManus M., Knížek M., Meshkova V., Mihalciuc V., Novotny J., Turčani M., Slobodyan Y. 2004: Occurrence of spruce bark beetles in forest stands at different levels of air pollution stress. Environm. Poll. Vol 130/1: 73-83.
  3. Grodzki W. 2004: Threat to Norway spruce stands of insect pests in the western part of Beskidy Mountains.Leśne Prace Badawcze 2/2004: 35-47.
  4. Michalski J., Starzyk J.R., Kolk A., Grodzki W. 2004: Threat of Norway spruce caused by the bark beetle Ips typographus (L.) in the stands of the Forest Promotion Complex “Puszcza Białowieska” in 2000-2002. Leśne Prace Badawcze 3/2004: 5-30.
  5. Grodzki W., Jachym M. 2004: Developing a Central European database and map on major forest pests: towards the wider look on forest protection problems. Proceedings from the IUFRO WP 7.03.10 Workshop “Biotic damage in forests”, Matrafured, Hungary, 12-16 September 2004 (in press).

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