An attempt of valorization of woods of the Bialowieza Primeval Forest using the zooindication method on the basis of under bark beetles

The results presented below are connected with an attempt at using the under-bark beetles, including cambiophages, for the valorization of species richness and the presence of rare species, or species valuable in specific fragments of the Bialowieza Primeval Forest. The empirical data (faunistic material) ware collected from under the bark of declining or damaged trees from the Bialowieza National Park and Hajnowka Forest District. Large differences ware proved in the presence of underbark beetles, between the strictly protected part of the Forest (BNP) and managed part. The actual species richness of beetle is particularly strongly connected with the specific forest forming tree species composition and presence on particular woody species' specimens of cambio- and xylophages. The practiced management methods are of no basic importance regarding the species composition of cambiophagophilous beetle associations. The importance of dead trees presence, in the faunistic und nature-related context, is especially pronounced in the managed fragments of the Forest, compared with the Bialowieza National Park.