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Research Article | Open Access

Patterns and impacts of an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles in Central Europe: A glimpse into the future?

Prosper Washaya, Roman Modlinger, Daniel Tyšer, Tomáš Hlásny( )
Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic
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Abstract

Natural disturbances have significantly intensified across European forests, with bark beetle outbreaks being the most rapidly escalating disturbance type. Since 2018, the Czech Republic (Central Europe) has become a Europe's disturbance epicentre due to the unprecedented outbreak of spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in the forests dominated by Norway spruce Picea abies. Here we provide novel insights into the impacts and dynamics of this disturbance from 2016 to 2022. The investigation is based on annual forest change maps developed by the classification of optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite imagery. We identified seven major outbreak foci across the country, where the outbreaks culminated between 2018 and 2021. Most of the outbreak waves exhibited a symmetric shape, characterized by a three-year build-up phase, a single culmination year, and the subsequent decline. The substantial proportion of spruce remaining in the outbreak areas after the culmination point implies that resource depletion is an improbable cause for the outbreak's retreat. In the year of retreat, the proportion of spruce in the forest ranged between 26% and 36% in most of the outbreak areas. The disturbance dynamics manifested a transition from the emergence of new tree mortality spots in the early outbreak phase to their short-range expansion, suggesting density-dependent changes in bark beetle dispersal during the studied period. The core disturbance zone, pinpointed in 2022, covered an area of 9,000 ​km2 and experienced a 38% loss in forest cover. Within this area, forest fragmentation increased significantly, leading to a greater forest patch complexity and reduced connectivity among the patches. The presented findings can serve as a glimpse into the future for other European regions, revealing the potential impacts of natural disturbances amplified by climate change.

Keywords

Bark beetle disturbanceRemote sensingLandscape transformationForest fragmentationCentral Europe

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Forest Ecosystems
Volume 11 Issue 6,
December 2024
Article number: 100243
DOI: 10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100243
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Washaya P, Modlinger R, Tyšer D, et al. Patterns and impacts of an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles in Central Europe: A glimpse into the future?. Forest Ecosystems, 2024, 11(6): 100243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100243

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