Climatic extremes have been gathering momentum since the 1880s and are believed to be
a long-term factor increasing the mortality of Scots pine trees, Pinus sylvestris (L.) in Europe …

Ips amitinus arrived in Northern Europe at the beginning of 1900s, although its recent
expansions to the northernmost conifers have been rapid. Analyses of recent records …

Simple Summary Biological invasions in the forests of Europe are becoming more frequent,
and bark-and wood-boring insects are increasingly important invasive forest pests. Global …

The northern bark beetle (Ips duplicatus), in Europe originally restricted to northern
countries, expanded its distribution range to eastern Europe in the 20th century and is now …

Climate change is associated with increases in temperature and the frequency and intensity
of abiotic disturbances such as drought that can affect forest resilience at multiple scales …

Ips duplicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a bark beetle that recently invaded southern
Europe. It produces intense outbreaks in the spruce stands installed outside their natural …

In the context of globalization, the biological invasions affect all the countries, including
Romania, where this phenomenon is increasingly visible in the last years. Besides the …

Ips duplicatus was collected in Romania for the first time in 1948. Afterwards, between 1957
and 1967, it was found in different places, but only as a faunistic element. The first outbreak …

Biomass and species composition of a forest district in the North-Eastern Carpathian
Mountains were simulated until 2100 using the forest landscape model LandClim, driven by …

Given the generally negative impact of non-native organisms, and particulary the
arthropods, in the ecosystems of a given area, the paper presents new information about the …