File name: ReadMe--verX This (ReadMe) file was created on [YYYY-MM-DD] by [NAME AND SURNAME] ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- Name of the dataset:Data of Practice and legislation of felling residue management to prevent forest pests in European forests Authors Name and surname: Maarten de Groot, Tine Hauptman, Kristjan Ait, Flavius Bălăcenoiu, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Luka Capuder, Gyorgy Csoka, Mirza Dautbasic, Massimo Faccoli, Juraj Galko, Jean Claude Grégoire, Jaroslav Holuša, Mats Jonsell, Boris Hrašovec, Hervé Jactel, Magdalena Kacprzyk, Urs Kamm, Markus Kautz, Maartje J. Klapwijk, Marija Kolšek, Paal Krokene, Diana Marčiulynienė, Markus Melin, Marton Paulin, Milan Pernek, Jason Sumner-Kalkun, Floor Vodde, David Williams, Tiina Ylioja, Gernot Hoch Email: maarten.degroot@gozdis.si Date of data collection: <2025> Geographical location of data collection: Information on the funders/programmes/projects that made the data collection possible: MdG, TH and LC were financed by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food as part of the CRP project V4-2218. Additionally, MdG and TH were supported through the program core group P4-0107, financed by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency. JCG received funding from the Walloon Observatory of Forest Health. JG was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic through project No. 08V0301 [PROMOLES] and by the Slovak Research and Development Agency [APVV-24-0425]. JH was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, grant no. QL24010235. MKac was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland for the University of Agriculture in Krakow (SUB/040013-D019). FB was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, CNCS/CCCDI - UEFISCDI, project number PN-IV-P8-8.1-PRE-HE-ORG-2025-0339, within PNCDI IV and PN 23090102. KA and FV were supported by the Estonian Research Council, grant PRG1586. MM and TY were funded by the Natural Resources Institute Finland. License: ----------------------------- SHARING/ACCESSING INFORMATION ----------------------------- Data licences/restrictions: Links to publications that cite or use the data: to be inserted Links to other publicly available data sites: Links to ancillary databases: Was the data obtained from another source? NO If yes, please specify the source(s): Recommended citation of the data: ---------------------- VIEWING DATA AND FILES ---------------------- File list: a) final dataset 02062026.txt File ratio, if relevant: b) … Additional related data collected that were not included in this dataset: Are there multiple versions of the dataset? NO If yes, please provide the name of the file that has been updated: When was the file updated? 2026-06-02 Why was the file updated? -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of the methods used to collect/obtain the data: Data processing methods: Software information: Standards and calibration data: Experimental conditions: ------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION: [FILENAME] ------------------------------------- List of variables: Question no Question Possible answers 1  Do you have the management of felling residues in the national legislation?  ·         yes ·         no 2 Do you take care of felling residues in practice, even if it is not in the legislation? ·         yes ·         no 3  If no, why not? ·         felling residues are not a problem for bark beetle outbreaks ·         other reasons 4 What is thought under felling residues in your country? ·         branches ·         tree top ·         stump ·         others 5 If taking care of felling residues, for which tree species is this done? ·         Picea abies ·         Abies alba ·         Pinus spp. ·         other species 6 What purpose of taking care of felling residues? ·         prevention of bark beetle outbreaks ·         biodiversity ·         other reason (add reason) 7 For which bark beetle species is this done? ·         Ips typographus for Picea abies ·         Pityogenes chalcographus for Picea abies ·         Pityokteines spp. for Abies alba ·         Tomicus spp. for Pinus spp. ·         other species 8 What are the ways of management that your country is using to take care of felling residues ? ·         put them in piles ·         leave them on the ground ·         take the residues out of the forest ·         other methods