Alf Bakke

Alf Bakke (born December 13, 1927, in Arendal) is a forest researcher.

[1][2][3] Bakke worked as a forest research manager, and then in 1958 he was employed by the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute as a research manager.

[1][3] Bakke was involved in developing the bark beetle trap in the 1970s, which is based on the use of a pheromone to attract European spruce bark beetles.

The purpose was to reduce the extensive bark beetle attacks on spruce forests.

[1] Bakke wrote several books and many articles in his subject area.