Coniferous round wood imports from Russia and Baltic countries to Belgium. A pathway analysis for assessing risks of exotic pest insect introductions

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 318-328

  Piel, Frédéric ^a,b   Gilbert, Marius ^a   De Cannière, Charles ^a   Grégoire, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Fonds pour la Formation a la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Import pathway; Invasive alien species; Ips typographus; Pest risk analysis; Russian coniferous round wood; Wood statistics

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BALTIC STATES; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; IPS TYPOGRAPHUS; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 38849192571     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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