Climate drivers of bark beetle outbreak dynamics in Norway spruce forests
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Climate drivers of bark beetle outbreak dynamics in Norway spruce forests. / Marini, Lorenzo; Økland, Bjørn; Jönsson, Anna Maria; Bentz, Barbara ; Carroll, Allan ; Forster, Beat ; Grégoire, Jean-Claude; Hurling, Rainer ; Michel Nageleisen, Louis ; Netherer, Sigrid ; Ravn, Hans Peter; Weed, Aaron ; Schrøder, Martin.
In: Ecography, Vol. 40, No. 12, 2017, p. 1426-1435.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Climate drivers of bark beetle outbreak dynamics in Norway spruce forests
AU - Marini, Lorenzo
AU - Økland, Bjørn
AU - Jönsson, Anna Maria
AU - Bentz, Barbara
AU - Carroll, Allan
AU - Forster, Beat
AU - Grégoire, Jean-Claude
AU - Hurling, Rainer
AU - Michel Nageleisen, Louis
AU - Netherer, Sigrid
AU - Ravn, Hans Peter
AU - Weed, Aaron
AU - Schrøder, Martin
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Bark beetles are among the most devastating biotic agents affecting forests globally and several species are expected to be favored by climate change. Given the potential interactions of insect outbreaks with other biotic and abiotic disturbances, and the potentially strong impact of changing disturbance regimes on forest resources, investigating climatic drivers of destructive bark beetle outbreaks is of paramount importance. We analyzed 17 time-series of the amount of wood damaged by Ips typographus, the most destructive pest of Norway spruce forests, collected across 8 European countries in the last three decades. We aimed to quantify the relative importance of key climate drivers in explaining timber loss dynamics, also testing for possible synergistic effects. Local outbreaks shared the same drivers, including increasing summer rainfall deficit and warm temperatures. Large availability of storm-felled trees in the previous year was also strongly related to an increase in timber loss, likely by providing an alternative source of breeding material. We did not find any positive synergy among outbreak drivers. On the contrary, the occurrence of large storms reduced the positive effect of warming temperatures and rainfall deficit. The large surplus of breeding material likely boosted I. typographus population size above the density threshold required to colonize and kill healthy trees irrespective of other climate triggers. Importantly, we found strong negative density dependence in I. typographus that may provide a mechanism for population decline after population eruptions. Generality in the effects of complex climatic events across different geographical areas suggests that the large-scale drivers can be used as early warning indicators of increasing local outbreak probability.
AB - Bark beetles are among the most devastating biotic agents affecting forests globally and several species are expected to be favored by climate change. Given the potential interactions of insect outbreaks with other biotic and abiotic disturbances, and the potentially strong impact of changing disturbance regimes on forest resources, investigating climatic drivers of destructive bark beetle outbreaks is of paramount importance. We analyzed 17 time-series of the amount of wood damaged by Ips typographus, the most destructive pest of Norway spruce forests, collected across 8 European countries in the last three decades. We aimed to quantify the relative importance of key climate drivers in explaining timber loss dynamics, also testing for possible synergistic effects. Local outbreaks shared the same drivers, including increasing summer rainfall deficit and warm temperatures. Large availability of storm-felled trees in the previous year was also strongly related to an increase in timber loss, likely by providing an alternative source of breeding material. We did not find any positive synergy among outbreak drivers. On the contrary, the occurrence of large storms reduced the positive effect of warming temperatures and rainfall deficit. The large surplus of breeding material likely boosted I. typographus population size above the density threshold required to colonize and kill healthy trees irrespective of other climate triggers. Importantly, we found strong negative density dependence in I. typographus that may provide a mechanism for population decline after population eruptions. Generality in the effects of complex climatic events across different geographical areas suggests that the large-scale drivers can be used as early warning indicators of increasing local outbreak probability.
U2 - 10.1111/ecog.02769
DO - 10.1111/ecog.02769
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 1426
EP - 1435
JO - Ecography
JF - Ecography
SN - 0906-7590
IS - 12
ER -
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