Mohamed Lahbib BEN JAMAA, is a research scientist in Forest Entomology at the « Institut National de Recherches en Génie Rural, Eaux et Forêts » (INRGREF) and Chef of the Unit « Gestion et Valorisation des Ressources Forestières » in Tunis (Tunisia). He is an entomologist working since 1994 on the dynamic populations of different forest pest species (mainly insect defoliators and xylophages of cork-oak) to develop methods of Monitoring and Integrated Control. His major topics are: Biology; Ecology; Relations between trees/hosts/insects/fungi; Biodiversity of the forest ecosystems (entomofaune); Decline of forest trees; Invasive species.
Mohamed Lahbib BEN JAMAA jointed the IOBC/wprs “Integrated Protection in Oaks Forests” in 1998 and became a Convener for the IOBC/wprs sub-group on forest management in 2001. He organized the 4th meeting of the group in 2004 in Tunisia (hammamet, 5-8 October, 2004).
