Data for paper "Using synthetic semiochemicals to train canines to detect bark beetle-infested trees" in Ann For Sci

<p><strong>ESM_0</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Photo. Entrainment of semiochemicals with Porapak ^&reg;Q plug from cylinders used in stimuli delivery in dog training platform. (DOCX)</p> <p><strong>ESM_1</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fig. Educational scent platform. (PDF)<br> <strong>ESM_2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong>Fig. Training platform stimuli layout and decline in response to no<br> target scent. (PDF)<br> <strong>ESM_3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong>Table. Evaluation of the dog detection performance as number of<br> indications with decreasing amounts of scent molecules over time. (PDF)</p> <p><strong>ESM_4_V1</strong> Video. Educational scent platform in operation. (AVI)<br> <strong>ESM_4_V2</strong> Video.<em> </em>Placement of cotton scent pad and the location of the scent by dog on a pine (a non-host tree of the beetle). (AVI)<br> <strong>ESM_4_V3</strong> Video. The search, GPS tracking, and location of natural attacks.<em> </em>(AVI)<br> <strong>ESM_4_V4</strong> Video. The search, location of two adjacent natural attacks, and rewarding. (AVI)</p> <p>The dog detection allows timely removal by sanitation logging of first beetle-attacked trees before offspring emergence, preventing local beetle increases. Detection dogs rapidly learned responding to synthetic bark beetle pheromone components, with known chemical titres, allowing search training during winter in laboratory and field. Dogs trained on synthetics detected naturally attacked trees in summer at a distance of &gt;100 m.</p>