title: Bioecological peculiarities and economic significance of large fruit bark beetle (Scolytus mali Bechstein, 1805) and fig bark beetle (Hypoborus ficus Erichson, 1836) in the southern slopes of the Great Caucasus (Azerbaijan)
abstract: Background. Bark beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) are major pests of wood-fruit trees, and infestations often accelerate tree death. Bark beetles are insects that are closely related to their host trees. According to the type of feeding they belong to xylophages [7]. They prefer weakened, sick or damaged trees. Thus, bark beeteles can more easily penetrate into trees affected by various natural phenomena (wind, storm, rain) or primary pests. They are hardly ever found in rotting t
journal: Studia Biologica