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Drivers of Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus) Infestations on Downed Trees after Severe Windthrow
Rastislav JakušNataliya KorolyovaMária PotterfMiroslav BlaženecAndrej MajdákPavel MezeiBranislav Hroššosubject
0106 biological sciencesBark beetle010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesbark beetlePopulationkirjanpainaja (kaarnakuoriaiset)<i>Ips typographus</i>Windthrowmedicine.disease_cause010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesepidemicsIps typographusBark (sound)Infestationmedicinewindeducationtuulituhot0105 earth and related environmental sciencesdisturbanceeducation.field_of_studybiologyintegumentary systemPicea abiesForestryForestryPicea abieslcsh:QK900-989biology.organism_classificationGAMMDisturbance (ecology)lcsh:Plant ecologymetsätuhot<i>Picea abies</i>metsäkuusiTemperate rainforesthyönteistuhotdescription
Research Highlights: Bark beetles are important agents of disturbance regimes in temperate forests, and specifically in a connected wind-bark beetle disturbance system. Large-scale windthrows trigger population growth of the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) from endemic to epidemic levels, thereby allowing the killing of Norway spruce trees over several consecutive years. Background and Objectives: There is a lack of evidence to differentiate how outbreaks are promoted by the effects of environmental variables versus beetle preferences of trees from endemic to outbreak. However, little is known about how individual downed-tree characteristics and local conditions such as tree orientation and solar radiation affect beetle colonization of downed trees. Materials and Methods: To answer this question, we investigated the infestation rates and determined tree death categories (uprooted, broken, and stump) in wind-damaged areas in Western Tatra Mts. in Carpathians (Slovakia) from 2014&ndash
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2020-11-01 |