Potential Solar Radiation as a Driver for Bark Beetle Infestation on a Landscape Scale

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F19%3A81226" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/19:81226 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/7/604/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/7/604/htm</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f10070604" target="_blank" >10.3390/f10070604</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Potential Solar Radiation as a Driver for Bark Beetle Infestation on a Landscape Scale
Original language description
In recent decades, Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) forests of the High Tatra Mountains have su ff ered unprecedented tree mortality caused by European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.). Analysis of the spatiotemporal pattern of bark beetle outbreaks across the landscape in consecutive years can provide new insights into the population dynamics of tree-killing insects. A bark beetle outbreak occurred in the High Tatra Mountains after a storm damaged more than 10,000 ha of forests in 2004. We combined yearly Landsat-derived bark beetle infestation spots from 2006 to 2014 and meteorological data to identify the susceptibility of forest stands to beetle infestation. We found that digital elevation model (DEM)-derived potential radiation loads predicted beetle infestation, especially in the peak phase of beetle epidemic. Moreover, spots attacked at the beginning of our study period had higher values of received solar radiation than spots at the end of the study period, indicating that bark bee
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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