Prof. Massimo Faccoli of the University of Padova published a scientific article on “Forest@ – Rivista di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale”. One of the main species studied within the SAMFIX project is the small Ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus compactus, an invasive species of Asian origin recently introduced in Italy from which rapidly spread to other Mediterranean
URZF team published a scientific paper on the potential geographical distribution of X. crassiusculus and X. compactus, two invasive ambrosia beetles. Both species originate from South-East Asia and are invasive in Africa, in the Americas, in Oceania and more recently in Europe, where they were detected in 2003 and 2011, respectively. This study modelled suitable