In contrast to large parts of Central Europe with a focus on Germany and Austria, the bark beetle calamity in the Baltic States is comparatively insignificant.  In Lithuania, the bark beetle population decreased by 11% in 2019 compared to 2018. The summer generation in August 2019 even decreased by 35% compared to 2018.  Comparable results have also been reported from Latvia. The reason for this was the high proportion of mixed mixed forest areas in the Baltic States. Compared to pure spruce forests, these forests offer greater ecological elasticity and poorer living conditions for insects which ...