Synthesizing research and scanning horizons for urban tree health "Cities are often the initial hotspots for the introduction of new pests, with potentially severe consequences for urban and natural ecosystems. To mitigate these risks, effective, applicable, and socially acceptable methods and tools are essential. Yet, a comprehensive overview of such methods, especially in urban contexts, has been lacking. Working Group 2 (WG2) of COST Action CA20132 Urban Tree Guard addressed this gap through two complementary efforts. First, we conducted a systematic review of methods targeting 20 priority pests from the EPPO A1 and A2 lists, covering detection, identification, monitoring, management, and eradication. Our analysis revealed a significant increase in the number of method records over time, particularly for management approaches. Research effort was unevenly distributed, with substantially more studies conducted in the non-native range than in the native range of target pests. These findings show that current efforts have been largely reactive, with most attention given to management in non-native ranges, while prevention, early detection, and rapid response remain underrepresented. Second, WG2 initiated Horizon Scanning to identify promising technologies and approaches for future applications in urban biosecurity. Following a workshop in Poznań, 18 candidate methods were collected and are currently being scored by experts according to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) and urban applicability. This process will result in a co-authored publication that recommends a shortlist of the most promising urban biosecurity innovations. Taken together, review and horizon scanning provide a robust evidence base to support practitioners, citizens, and policymakers in strengthening urban biosecurity and safeguarding green spaces." application/pdf 4469775 bytes info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceProceedings Biosecurity and Surveillance for Quarantine Pests of Trees in Forests and Cities, Book of Abstracts startpage: 30 Marčiulynienė, D. Franić, I. Prospero, S. Branco, M. de Groot, M. , Aday Kaya G., A. Akyol, S. Augustinus, B. Avtzis, D. Bełka, M. Beram, C. Birben, Ü. Blagojević, J. Blumenstein, K. Bragança, H. Brockerhoff, E. Burokienė, D. Cleary, M. Corcobado, T. Čepukoit, D. Davydenko, K. Diez, J.J. Đorđević, Ilija Drenkhan, R. Drenkhan-Maaten, T. Dvořák, M. Economou, A. Ipekdal, K. Ghelardini, L. Grigorov, B. Hysa, A. Hoppe, B. Jürisoo, L. Kacprzyk, M. Kavallieratos, N.G. Klavina, D. Korkmaz, Y. Köpke, K. Krajter, S. Koç, M. , Lehtijärvi , H. T. D. Lehtijärvi, A. Luchi, N. Maire, F. Matošević, D. Matsiakh, I. McCarthy, N. Mocreac, N. Morales-Rodriguez, C. Oskay, F. Papazova, I. Paletto, A. Paraschiv, M. Pavlović, L. Romeralo, C. Samson, R. Santini, A. Sellami, D. Silva, A.C. Sotirovski, K. Soulioti, N. Stein, F. Terhonen, E.L. Topalidou, E. Vannini, A. Vettraino, A.M. Vuletić, D. Weiss, M. Woodward, S. Zlatković, M. Witzell, J. Jactel, H. All rights reserved https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:8526 eng 2025