Timber. The EC Woodcare Project: Studies of the behaviour, interrelationships and management of deathwatch beetles in historic buildings (English Heritage Research Transactions)

The published reports of the European Commission DGXII funded international collaborative research on woodcare. This collection of papers includes studies of the inter-relationships of Deathwatch beetle, Oak Rot, ageing oak and their environment in cathedrals and possible treatments.

Sample contributions:

Introduction · A history of deathwatch beetle research and treatment · Deathwatch beetle · Finding a mate: tapping behaviour and beetle communication · Acoustic detection of deathwatch beetle larvae · Decay Oak · The roles of locations, age and fungal decay in changing the chemical composition of oak · Non-destructive location and assessment of structural timber · Timber Repair strategies · Maximum retention of timber: a conservative engineering approach.