Scientific response to intensifying bark beetle outbreaks in Europe and North America

T. Hlásny; S. Zimová; Barbara J. Bentz

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119599

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Scientific response to intensifying bark beetle outbreaks in Europe and North America

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Authors:

T. Hlásny, S. Zimová, Barbara J. Bentz

Year:

2021

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119599

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 499: 119599.

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Abstract

Tree-killing bark beetles are globally the most destructive forest pests and their impacts have increased in recent decades. Such an increase has been consistently reported from Europe and North America, and it is, with high confidence, driven by climate change. We investigated how the scientific community in both continents responded to this situation by conducting a comprehensive search of the Scopus database from 1970 to 2020. Studies that investigated interactions between climate change and two prominent bark beetles in Europe and North America, the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (ESBB) and the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae (MPB), were identified. We used several hierarchical search criteria, starting from general aspects of pest - climate change interactions, to studies with clear implications for management and policies.

Keywords

European spruce bark beetle, mountain pine beetle, climate change, forest management, forest policy, systematic literature review

Citation

Hlasny, T.; Zimova, S.; Bentz, B. 2021. Scientific response to intensifying bark beetle outbreaks in Europe and North America. Forest Ecology and Management. 499: 119599.