Institute of Forest Ecology

@article{Mezei2017b,
title = {Influence of different forest protection strategies on spruce tree mortality during a bark beetle outbreak},
author = {Pavel Mezei, Miroslav Blaženec, Wojciech Grodzki, Jaroslav Škvarenina, Rastislav Jakuš},
url = {http://rdcu.be/wnGe},
doi = {doi.org/10.1007/s13595-017-0663-9},
issn = {1297-966X},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-09-27},
journal = {Annals of Forest Science},
volume = {74},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Mezei2017,
title = {Storms, temperature maxima and the Eurasian spruce bark beetle \textit{Ips typographus} — an infernal trio in Norway spruce forests of the Central European High Tatra Mountains},
author = {P. Mezei and R. Jakuš and J. Pennerstorfer and M. Havašová and J. Škvarenina and J. Ferenčík and J. Slivinský and S. Bičárová and D. Bilčík and M. Blaženec and S. Netherer},
url = {http://ife.sk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Figure_4_20170406_2-pdf-300x192.jpghttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192317301326},
doi = {10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.04.004},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-04-10},
journal = { Agricultural and Forest Meteorology},
volume = {242},
pages = {85-95},
abstract = {Norway spruce forests (Picea abies Karst.) of the Carpathian High Tatra Mountains have been subject to unprecedented tree mortality caused by attacks of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) in recent decades. The outbreaks were preceded and accompanied by wind throw events and periods of increased seasonal temperature. We obtained climatic data and data on tree mortality due to storm throw and bark beetles by using a combination of direct dead tree inventory and remote sensing techniques, and examined annual tree loss change over a 26-year period in a forest district of the Slovak High Tatra National Park. In particular, we found that the combination of the previous year's maximum daily temperature sum, tree mortality caused by wind, and bark beetle-caused tree mortality best explained the annual tree loss change in nonlinear regression models. The number of trees infested by bark beetles clearly increased with maximum air temperature sums ranging from 2850 to 3150 ° days, but declined below or above this thermal optimum. Annual tree mortality clearly increased subsequent to years associated with seasonal temperature sums allowing for the development of sister broods. Given consistently favourable future climatic conditions for development of I. typographus populations in the study area, a possible shift from the now predominantly uni-voltine to multi-voltine bark beetle populations might increase attack pressure also at high elevation sites.},
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pubstate = {published},
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}

@article{F.2015,
title = {Reproductive isolation of \textit{Ips nitidus} and \textit{I. shangrila} in mountain forests of Western China: responses to chiral and achiral candidate pheromone components},
author = {F. Schlyter and R. Jakuš and F.Z. Han and B. Kalinová and P. Mezei and J.H. Sun and J.H. Ma and L. Ujhelyiová and Q.H. Zhang},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26112107},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-07-01},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Ecology},
volume = {41},
number = {7},
pages = {678-688},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{P.2014b,
title = {Host and site factors affecting tree mortality caused by the spruce bark beetle (\textit{Ips typographus}) in mountainous conditions},
author = {P. Mezei and W. Grodzki and M. Blaženec and J. Škvarenina and V. Brandýsová and R. Jakuš},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112714004691},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-11-01},
journal = {Forest Ecology and Management},
volume = {331},
pages = {196–207},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{P.2014b,
title = {Factors influencing the wind-bark beetles’ disturbance system in the course of an \textit{Ips typographus} outbreak in the Tatra Mountains},
author = {P. Mezei and W. Grodzki and M. Blaženec and R. Jakuš},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112713006877},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-01-01},
journal = {Forest Ecology and Management},
volume = {312},
pages = {67–77},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Mezei2012,
title = {The relationship between potential solar radiation and spruce bark beetle catches in pheromone traps},
author = {P. Mezei and R. Jakuš and M. Blaženec and S. Belánová and J. Šmídt},
issn = {18448135},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-01-01},
journal = {Annals of Forest Research},
volume = {55},
number = {2},
pages = {243-252},
abstract = {We analysed the relationship between the amount of potential solar radiation and spruce bark beetle Ips typographus(L.) catches in pheromone traps in an unmanaged nature reserve in the Carpathians (middle Slovakia region), from 2006 through 2009. This relationship was analysed under outbreak conditions. The number of traps varied in different years from 70 to 92. The traps were installed in spruce-forest-dominated stands affected by a windstorm in 2004. A GPS device was used to mark the position of the pheromone traps. The potential solar radiation was calculated with GIS tools for three different time periods in each year: with entire year, for main flight season of the spruce bark beetle and the spring swarming period. The relationship between the amount of potential solar radiation and the spruce bark beetle catches was statistically significant for each year and each time period except for the spring swarming in 2007, when the pheromone traps were not set up on time.},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Mezei2011,
title = {Population dynamics of spruce bark beetle in a nature reserve in relation to stand edges conditions},
author = {P. Mezei and R. Jakuš and M. Blaženec and S. Belánová and J. Šmídt},
issn = {13365266},
year = {2011},
date = {2011-01-01},
journal = {Folia Oecologica},
volume = {38},
number = {1},
pages = {73-79},
abstract = {Over the period 2006–2009 spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus [L.]) population was monitored
after two windstorm events in a nature reserve in Slovak Ore Mountains. The monitoring was carried out with pheromone traps in three different forest edges: 1) edge of wind-felled trees area, 2)
disturbed stand edge and 3) undisturbed stand edge. The one-way ANOVAconfirmed statistically
significant differences among stand edges in each year and a post-hoc test was applied. In first
two years after the primary disturbance the most attractive for spruce bark beetle was the edge of
wind-felled trees area. After two years from the primary disturbance the most attractive became
the disturbed stand edge. The undisturbed stand edge showed a similar attractivity for spruce bark
beetles almost over the whole monitoring period.},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}