About the project
This atlas provides a comprehensive overview of the insects and diseases that affect the major tree and shrub species found in forests, gardens, parks, plantations, and urban areas throughout Europe. It is an invaluable resource that can be used by people all over the world to learn about and identify pests and diseases that damage trees and shrubs in Europe. Pests and diseases do not respect political borders, so this atlas is designed to be useful to everyone who wants to better understand the sources of damage to trees and shrubs in Europe. This website is not only intended for specialists such as professional forest managers, foresters, gardeners, professional ornamental plant producers, owners of gardens, city parks, plant production, and forestry students, but also for members of the public who are interested in nature, forests, and gardening and want to understand the sources of damage to trees and shrubs.
Main goals of the project FORESTPESTS.EU:
- Help users to identify the cause of tree or bush damage.
- Create a platform for uploading photos, which will subsequently help in better, easier, faster and more precise identification of damages.
- Mapping of individual (selected) species. Knowing the area of the distribution can significantly help in identifying the cause of the tree damage.
- Give users the opportunity to consult tree damage with a team of experts.
- Record the spread of invasive species.
The principal administrator of this project is a governmental organisation National Forest Centre and its departament - Forest Protection Service (FPS) Banská Štiavnica (Slovakia).
This project was supported by:
- APVV-19-0119: The potential for fungus Entomophaga maimaiga to regulate gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (L.) in Slovakia
-"Forecasting and information systems for increasing the efficiency of forest management" (ITMS: 26220220109) - Operating Program Research and Development, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund;
- "Center of Excellence for Biological Methods of Forest Protection" (ITMS: 26220120008) - Operating Program Research and Development, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund;
- "Progressive technologies for the protection of forest trees of the juvenile growth stages" (ITMS: 26220220120) - Operating Program Research and Development, co-financed from the resources of the European Regional Development Fund;
- No. APVV-0707-12 - The Slovak Research and Development Agency "Research and development for innovation and support of competitiveness of the forestry sector (VIPLES)," financed from the state budget through a contract between The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic and The NFC from the budget chapter of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic (element 08V0301) and also co-financed by State enterprise Forests of the Slovak Republic (LESY SR š.p.);
- VEGA 2/0035/13 and the VEGA 2/0012/17 project;
- APVV-15-0531: Web GIS application for monitoring the occurrence of harmful factors in the forests of Slovakia;
- APVV-15-0348: New methods in integrated forest protection, including the use of entomopathogenic fungi (ENTOFUNGI).
Project guarantees:
Ing. Milan Zúbrik, PhD. – entomology, milan.zubrik@nlcsk.org
Ing. Andrej Kunca, PhD. – phytopathology, andrej.kunca@nlcsk.org
The following experts also participated in the preparation and implementation of the project:
Ing. Jozef Vakula, Ph.D. - entomology, bark beetles
Ing. Juraj Galko, Ph.D. - entomology, bark beetles
Ing. Slavomír Rell, Ph. D. - entomology, leaf-eating insects
Ing. Roman Leontovych, Ph.D. - phytopathology
Ing. Andrej Gubka, Ph.D. - entomology
doc. Dr. Ing. Bohdan Konôpka - abiotics
Ing. Peter Kaštier, Ph.D. - game management
Ing. Slavomír Finďo, CSc. - game management
Ing. Miriam Maľová, Ph.D. - invasive plant species
Ing. Valeria Longauerova, Ph.D. - phytopathology
RNDr. Ján Kulfan, CSc. - entomology
Ing. Peter Zach, CSc. - entomology
Ing. Marek Barta, Ph.D. - entomology, insect diseases
RNDr. Daniel Kubinský, PhD. - software support
Ing. Marcel Dubec - software support
Ing. Christo Nikolov, Ph.D. - software support
Ľuboš Frič - graphic designs
Radoslav Nigríni - technical assistance
References:
- Novotný, J., Zúbrik, M. (ed.), 2000: Biotickí škodcovia lesov Slovenska. Lesnícka sekcia MP SR, Gerlach Slovakia, 206 s. ISBN 80-967541-1-4.
- Zúbrik, M., Novotný, J. (ed.), 2000: Kalendár ochrany lesa. Gerlach Slovakia, 94 s. ISBN 80-967541-2-2.
- Novotný, J., Varínsky J., a kol., 2003: Ochrana lesa. Ústav pre výchovu a vzdelávanie pracovníkov LVH SR Zvolen, 145 s. ISBN 80-89100-03-1.
- Novotný, J., Zúbrik, M. (ed.), 2004: Biotickí škodcovia lesov Slovenska. Polnochem a. s. 206 s. ISBN: 80-969093-2-0.
- Zúbrik, M., Novotný, J. (ed.), 2004: Kalendár ochrany lesa. Polnochem a. s., 94 s. ISBN 80-969093-3-9.
- Kunca, A., Zúbrik, M., Novotný, J. a kol., 2007: Škodlivé činitele lesných drevín a ochrana pred nimi. 1. vyd. Zvolen : Národné lesnícke centrum, 208 s. ISBN 978-80-8093-048-6.
- Zúbrik, M., Kunca, A., Novotný, J., 2008: Hmyz a huby : atlas poškodení lesných drevín. NLC – LVÚ Zvolen, 178 s. 978-80-8093-044-8.
- Zúbrik, M., Kunca, A., 2011: Hmyz a huby našich lesov: atlas škôd na drevinách spôsobených hmyzími a hubovými škodlivými činiteľmi. Národné lesnícke centrum, Zvolen, 200 s. ISBN 978-80-8093-143-8.
- Zúbrik, M., Kunca A., Csoka, G. (eds), 2013: Insects and Diseases damaging trees and shrubs of Europe. Napedition, Paris, 535 s. ISBN 9782913688186.
- Zúbrik, M., Kunca A., Csoka, G. (eds), 2013: Insectes ravageurs et maladies des arbres et arbustes d'Europe. Napedition, Paris, 535 s. ISBN 978-2-913688-17-9.
- Vakula, J., Zúbrik, M., Kunca, A. a kol., 2015: Nové metódy ochrany lesa. NLC, Zvolen, 292 s. ISBN 978-80-8093-191-9.
