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28 Sep 2022
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Meteorological and climatological triggers of notable past and present bark beetle outbreaks in the Czech Republic
Rudolf Brázdil
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno,
Czech Republic
Petr Zahradník
Research Institute of Forestry Economics and Gamekeeping,
Jíloviště, Czech Republic
Péter Szabó
Department of Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Studies,
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Kateřina Chromá
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno,
Czech Republic
Petr Dobrovolný
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno,
Czech Republic
Lukáš Dolák
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno,
Czech Republic
Miroslav Trnka
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno,
Czech Republic
Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University in
Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Jan Řehoř
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno,
Czech Republic
Silvie Suchánková
Department of Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
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Short summary
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.
Bark beetle outbreaks are important disturbances to Norway spruce forests. Their meteorological...
