Can sales of infested timber be used to quantify attacks by Ips typographus (Coleoptera, Scolytidae)? A pilot study from Belgium

International audience ; Quantifying the abundance and distribution of forest pests is a widespread problem in forest health management. Bark beetles are monitored using a number of methods, including damage surveys and pheromone trapping. As such methods are expensive and time-consuming, information is also regularly compiled from estimations of the number of infested trees removed from the forest. The reliability of those estimations is poorly documented. This pilot study investigated whether data from sales of attacked trees from public forests could be used for the assessment of Ips typogr... Mehr ...