20.500.12556/DiRROS-31087 Practice and legislation of felling residue management to prevent forest pests in European forests In the last few decades, bark beetle outbreaks have increased in European forests, triggered by extreme weather events, such as drought and windstorms. A core element of integrated pest management to control outbreaks are salvage logging and sanitation felling, i.e., the timely removal or treatment of potential brood material and already infested trees after disturbance events. Associated with these management operations as well as with regular, planned thinning and cutting, felling residues, such as treetops, branches and stumps that remain in the forest provide potentially suitable breeding material for bark beetles and may trigger further outbreak events. Although felling residue management is part of regular forest management in most of Europe, no overview exists on its use throughout the continent. To fill this gap, we gathered forest health experts from 20 European countries and used a questionnaire to provide information on felling residue management in the context of forest protection in managed forests. Relevant legislation in these countries was reviewed for regulations concerning this topic. We found that most countries have felling residue management in their legislation and/or perform it in practice. In 12 of the 20 countries, felling residue management is being applied to manage bark beetles, particularly in areas that have experienced large-scale outbreaks in the last few decades. Felling residues are mainly managed in forests dominated by Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) and pines (Pinus spp.) (in 19 and 17 of the countries, respectively). The most frequently used management methods on a European level were piling or mulching of felling residues. These methods were used in 14 and 16 of the countries, respectively. Besides bark beetle management, use of residues for bioenergy (4 countries) and biodiversity conservation (6 countries) was reported. The diversity of felling residue management practices across Europe may reflect differences in forest policies and climatic gradients that are affecting bark beetle outbreak risks. This overview presents the variety of felling residue management applied across 20 European countries, highlighting the reasons for and implications of its use, as well as further research needs. bark beetles Europe forest health Pityogenes chalcographus Ips typographus logging residues podlubniki Evropa zdravje gozdov Pityogenes chalcographus Ips typographus sečni ostanki true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2026-07-10 14:30:23 2026-07-10 14:30:24 2026-07-11 03:51:18 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 10. 7. 2026; str. 1-16 [article no.] ǂ91 Vol. 145 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*46 1612-4677 10.1007/s10342-026-01918-1 284431619 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-026-01918-1 1 224ff54e-7c5b-11f1-b663-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=47878 s10342-026-01918-1.pdf s10342-026-01918-1.pdf 1 BB92B610BDC3E67331E8117B72CD9A37 77962cd53601a2c6785c784347a4d4e873905a68c18bf82473713f092dc27044 3cb20c9d-7c5b-11f1-b663-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=47879 Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije 0 0 0