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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2155-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2155-2022
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28 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2022

Meteorological and climatological triggers of notable past and present bark beetle outbreaks in the Czech Republic

Rudolf Brázdil, Petr Zahradník, Péter Szabó, Kateřina Chromá, Petr Dobrovolný, Lukáš Dolák, Miroslav Trnka, Jan Řehoř, and Silvie Suchánková

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Bark beetle outbreaks are important disturbances to Norway spruce forests. Their meteorological and climatological triggers are analysed for the main oubreaks over the territory of the Czech Republic based on newly created series of such outbreaks, covering the 1781–2021 CE period. The paper demonstrates the shift from windstorms as the main meteorological triggers of past outbreaks to effects of high temperatures and droughts together with windstorms in past decades.