Forest health worldwide is impacted by many invasive alien pathogens and pests (IAPPs)
that cause significant harm, with severe economic losses and environmental alterations …

Simple Summary Dogs are valued for their odor detection capabilities in a vast range of
fields. They help to find hidden and elusive targets, such as explosives, narcotics, missing …

One of the most promising techniques for rapid detection of bark beetle-infested trees is the
use of specially trained dogs. Due to the novelty of using dogs in detecting bark beetle …

Trunk borer cause serious damage to plants and it is hard to detect due to larvae mine
inside. In this study, E-nose combined with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC …

Invasive alien species are increasing due to globalization. Their spread has resulted in
global economic losses. Asian [Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)](ALB) and citrus [A …

The occurrence of Crepidophorus mutilatus (Rosenhauer, 1847)(Coleoptera: Elateridae), a
saproxylic beetle of old-growth forests in the Palearctic region, is confirmed for Italy. The …

Abstract Osmoderma eremita (Scopoli, 1763) is a saproxylic scarab beetle protected by the
Habitats Directive in the European Union. The present paper is part of a special issue on …

Professionally trained conservation detection dogs (CDDs) are taught to locate biological
targets, including cryptic and low‐density plant and animal species, but have been largely …

Abstract The Life Project “Monitoring of insects with public participation”(LIFE11
NAT/IT/000252) had as the main objective to develop and test methods for the monitoring of …

Key message The dog detection allows timely removal by sanitation logging of first beetle-
attacked trees before offspring emergence, preventing local beetle increases. Detection …