Bark beetle outbreaks in Europe: state of knowledge and ways forward for management

T Hlásny, L König, P Krokene, M Lindner… - Current Forestry …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Outbreaks of tree-killing bark beetles have reached
unprecedented levels in conifer forests in the northern hemisphere and are expected to …

Effects of natural disturbances and salvage logging on biodiversity–Lessons from the Bohemian Forest

S Thorn, C Bässler, M Svoboda, J Müller - Forest Ecology and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Severe natural disturbances are common in many forest ecosystems, particularly in the
Northern Hemisphere. Attempts to minimize their effects through forest management include …

A walk on the wild side: Disturbance dynamics and the conservation and management of European mountain forest ecosystems

D Kulakowski, R Seidl, J Holeksa… - Forest ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mountain forests are among the most important ecosystems in Europe as they support
numerous ecological, hydrological, climatic, social, and economic functions. They are …

The influence of sampling design on tree‐ring‐based quantification of forest growth

C Nehrbass‐Ahles, F Babst, S Klesse… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Tree‐rings offer one of the few possibilities to empirically quantify and reconstruct forest
growth dynamics over years to millennia. Contemporaneously with the growing scientific …

Bark beetles increase biodiversity while maintaining drinking water quality

B Beudert, C Bässler, S Thorn, R Noss… - Conservation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing natural disturbances in conifer forests worldwide complicate political decisions
about appropriate land management. In particular, allowing insects to kill trees without …

Natural disturbance regimes as a guide for sustainable forest management in Europe

R Aszalós, D Thom, T Aakala, P Angelstam… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In Europe, forest management has controlled forest dynamics to sustain commodity
production over multiple centuries. Yet over‐regulation for growth and yield diminishes …

Cross‐scale interactions among bark beetles, climate change, and wind disturbances: A landscape modeling approach

C Temperli, H Bugmann, C Elkin - Ecological Monographs, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Bark beetles are a key forest disturbance agent worldwide, with their impact shaped by
climate, forest susceptibility, and interactions with other disturbances such as windthrow and …

When the forest dies: the response of forest soil fungi to a bark beetle-induced tree dieback

M Štursová, J Šnajdr, T Cajthaml, J Bárta… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Coniferous forests cover extensive areas of the boreal and temperate zones. Owing to their
primary production and C storage, they have an important role in the global carbon balance …

The historical disturbance regime of mountain Norway spruce forests in the Western Carpathians and its influence on current forest structure and composition

P Janda, V Trotsiuk, M Mikoláš, R Bače… - Forest ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In order to gauge ongoing and future changes to disturbance regimes, it is necessary to
establish a solid baseline of historic disturbance patterns against which to evaluate these …

Disturbances in deciduous temperate forest ecosystems of the northern hemisphere: their effects on both recent and future forest development

A Fischer, P Marshall, A Camp - Biodiversity and conservation, 2013 - Springer
Disturbances in forests can kill mature trees, but also create the conditions necessary for the
establishment of new tree cohorts and create micro-habitats for new plant and animal …