description: 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 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 a conservative engineering approach.
language: English
title: Timber. The EC Woodcare Project: Studies of the behaviour, interrelationships and management of deathwatch beetles in historic buildings
titlecomplete: Timber. The EC Woodcare Project: Studies of the behaviour, interrelationships and management of deathwatch beetles in historic buildings (English Heritage Research Transactions)
publisher: Maney - Heritage