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Characteristics of Norway spruce trees (Picea abies) surviving a spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) outbreak

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The characteristics of spruce individuals, which survived a massive bark beetle outbreak, were compared with the characteristics of neighbouring attacked trees in Šumava National Park (Czech Republic). Selected parameters related to crown geometry, stand conditions and distances between trees were measured or estimated. Significant differences were found between the surviving trees and the neighbouring trees attacked by I. typographus. Trees with a higher level of stem shading (longer crown length) tended to survive. The attacked trees were usually located in areas with larger basal area, especially southwards from them. A shorter distance to a previously attacked tree increased the probability of additional attack. Spruce trees with more progressive crown structure transformation (primary structure defoliation) were significantly more frequently attacked by spruce bark beetle. Superior and taller trees had a clearly longer life expectancy than dominant ones. These results show that the attack of trees by bark beetle can be predicted to a certain degree, which can be used in management of endangered spruce forests.

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This publication is the result of the project Centre of Excellence: Adaptive forest ecosystems, ITMS 26220120006, supported by the Research & Development Operational Programme Supported by the ERDF (40%). The research was also supported by the Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education CR (2B06068), Project CzechGlobe (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0073) and the project of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic QH 81136.

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  1. Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Štúrova 2, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

    R. Jakuš, M. Blaženec & M. Ježík

  2. Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Na Sádkách 7, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    M. Edwards-Jonášová, P. Cudlín, F. Havlíček & Ivo Moravec

  3. Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 1176, Suchdol, 165 21, Praha 6, Czech Republic

    R. Jakuš

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Jakuš, R., Edwards-Jonášová, M., Cudlín, P. et al. Characteristics of Norway spruce trees (Picea abies) surviving a spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) outbreak. Trees 25, 965–973 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-011-0571-9

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