Mezei Pavel

Mezei Pavel

Disturbance Ecology RG

Ing. Pavel Mezei, PhD.

Slovak Academy of Sciences
Institute of Forest Ecology
Disturbance Ecology Research Group
Ľudovíta Štúra 1774/2
960 01 Zvolen
Phone:  +421 45 5241 111, kl.302
Email: mezei@ife.sk

Research Interests: forestry, ecology, disturbances


Education:

  • PhD. in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation, Institute of Forest Ecology, Zvolen, Slovak republic
  • Ing. (MSc.)in Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovak republic

Academic employment:

  • Post-Doc, Institute of Forest Ecology, SAS (since 2015)

Project coordinator:

  • Dynamic modelling of risks of bark beetle outbreaks on landscape scale, mobility funding by Project Austria-Slovakia (1.1.2015 – 31.12.2015)

Awards:

  • Aktion Austria-Slovakia fellowship (6 month)
  • Central European University (CEU), Budapest, summer university fellowship
  • Schwarz fund of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for young scientists (48 months)

List of my publications:

2022

Contrasting Norway spruce disturbance dynamics in managed forests and strict forest reserves in Slovakia

Potterf, Mária; Svitok, Marek; Mezei, Pavel; Jarčuška, Benjamín; Jakuš, Rastislav; Blaženec, Miroslav; Hlásny, Tomáš

Contrasting Norway spruce disturbance dynamics in managed forests and strict forest reserves in Slovakia Journal Article

Forestry, 96 (3), pp. 387–398, 2022, ISSN: 1464-3626.

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Weather conditions and host characteristics drive infestations of sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trap trees by oak bark beetles (Scolytus intricatus)

Mezei, Pavel; Fleischer, Peter; Rozkošný, Jozef; Kurjak, Daniel; Dzurenko, Marek; Rell, Slavomír; Lalík, Michal; Galko, Juraj

Weather conditions and host characteristics drive infestations of sessile oak (Quercus petraea) trap trees by oak bark beetles (Scolytus intricatus) Journal Article

Forest Ecology and Management, 503 , pp. 119775, 2022, ISSN: 0378-1127.

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2021

Influence of weather and day length on intra-seasonal growth of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) in a natural montane forest

Ježík, Marek; Blaženec, Miroslav; Mezei, Pavel; Sedmáková, Denisa; Sedmák, Róbert; Fleischer, Peter; Fleischer, Peter; Bošeľa, Michal; Kurjak, Daniel; Střelcová, Katarína; Ditmarová, Ľubica

Influence of weather and day length on intra-seasonal growth of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) in a natural montane forest Journal Article

Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 51 (12), pp. 1799–1810, 2021, ISSN: 1208-6037.

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Effect of mature spruce forest on canopy interception in subalpine conditions during three growing seasons

Jančo, Martin; Mezei, Pavel; Kvas, Andrej; Danko, Michal; Sleziak, Patrik; Minďáš, Jozef; Škvarenina, Jaroslav

Effect of mature spruce forest on canopy interception in subalpine conditions during three growing seasons Journal Article

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 69 (4), pp. 436–446, 2021, ISSN: 1338-4333.

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Frontiers of protected areas versus forest exploitation: Assessing habitat network functionality in 16 case study regions globally

Angelstam, Per; Albulescu, Andra-Cosmina; Andrianambinina, Ollier Duranton F; Aszalós, Réka; Borovichev, Eugene; Cardona, Walter Cano; Dobrynin, Denis; Fedoriak, Mariia; Firm, Dejan; Hunter, Malcolm L; de Jong, Wil; Lindenmayer, David; Manton, Michael; Monge, Juan J; Mezei, Pavel; Michailova, Galina; Brenes, Carlos Muñoz L; Pastur, Guillermo Martínez; Petrova, Olga V; Petrov, Victor; Pokorny, Benny; Rafanoharana, Serge C; Rosas, Yamina Micaela; Seymour, Bob Robert; Waeber, Patrick O; Wilmé, Lucienne; Yamelynets, Taras; Zlatanov, Tzvetan

Frontiers of protected areas versus forest exploitation: Assessing habitat network functionality in 16 case study regions globally Journal Article

Ambio, 50 (12), pp. 2286–2310, 2021, ISSN: 1654-7209.

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2020

Drivers of Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus) Infestations on Downed Trees after Severe Windthrow

Hroššo, Branislav; Mezei, Pavel; Potterf, Mária; Majdák, Andrej; Blaženec, Miroslav; Korolyova, Nataliya; Jakuš, Rastislav

Drivers of Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus) Infestations on Downed Trees after Severe Windthrow Journal Article

Forests, 11 , 2020, ISSN: 1999-4907.

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2019

Potential Solar Radiation as a Driver for Bark Beetle Infestation on a Landscape Scale

Mezei, Pavel; Potterf, Mária; Škvarenina, Jaroslav; Rasmussen, Jakob Gulddahl; Jakuš, Rastislav

Potential Solar Radiation as a Driver for Bark Beetle Infestation on a Landscape Scale Journal Article

Forests, 10 (7), 2019, ISSN: 1999-4907.

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Landscape-level spread of beetle infestations from windthrown- and beetle-killed trees in the non-intervention zone of the Tatra National Park, Slovakia (Central Europe)

Potterf, Mária; Nikolov, Christo; Kočická, Erika; Ferenčík, Ján; Mezei, Pavel; Jakuš, Rastislav

Landscape-level spread of beetle infestations from windthrown- and beetle-killed trees in the non-intervention zone of the Tatra National Park, Slovakia (Central Europe) Journal Article

Forest Ecology and Management, 432 , pp. 489-500, 2019, ISSN: 0378-1127.

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2017

Influence of different forest protection strategies on spruce tree mortality during a bark beetle outbreak

Mezei, Pavel; Blaženec, Miroslav; Grodzki, Wojciech; Škvarenina, Jaroslav; Jakuš, Rastislav

Influence of different forest protection strategies on spruce tree mortality during a bark beetle outbreak Journal Article

Annals of Forest Science, 74 , 2017, ISSN: 1297-966X.

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Storms, temperature maxima and the Eurasian spruce bark beetle  Ips typographus — an infernal trio in Norway spruce forests of the Central European High Tatra Mountains

Mezei, P; Jakuš, R; Pennerstorfer, J; Havašová, M; Škvarenina, J; Ferenčík, J; Slivinský, J; Bičárová, S; Bilčík, D; Blaženec, M; Netherer, S

Storms, temperature maxima and the Eurasian spruce bark beetle Ips typographus — an infernal trio in Norway spruce forests of the Central European High Tatra Mountains Journal Article

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 242 , pp. 85-95, 2017.

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2015

Reproductive isolation of Ips nitidus and I. shangrila in mountain forests of Western China: responses to chiral and achiral candidate pheromone components

Schlyter, F; Jakuš, R; Han, F Z; Kalinová, B; Mezei, P; Sun, J H; Ma, J H; Ujhelyiová, L; Zhang, Q H

Reproductive isolation of Ips nitidus and I. shangrila in mountain forests of Western China: responses to chiral and achiral candidate pheromone components Journal Article

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41 (7), pp. 678-688, 2015.

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Hodnotenie zdravotného stavu smreka vo vzťahu smreka k náletu podkôrneho hmyzu a k odumieraniu lesa [Evaluation of Norway spruce helath status in relationships with bark beetle outbreak and forest dying]

Jakuš, R; Cudlín, P; Slivinský, J; Mezei, P; Majdák, A; Blaženec, M

Hodnotenie zdravotného stavu smreka vo vzťahu smreka k náletu podkôrneho hmyzu a k odumieraniu lesa [Evaluation of Norway spruce helath status in relationships with bark beetle outbreak and forest dying] Book

Ústav ekológie lesa, Slovenská akadémia vied, Zvolen, 2015, ISBN: 978-80-89408-22-1.

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Princípy ochrany dospelých smrekových porastov pred podkôrnym hmyzom [Conservation principles of mature Norway spruce trees attacked by bark beetles]

Jakuš, R; Blaženec, M; Gurtsev, A I; Holuša, J; Hroššo, B; Křenová, Z; Longauerová, V; Lukášová, K; Majdák, A; Mezei, P; Slivinský, J

Princípy ochrany dospelých smrekových porastov pred podkôrnym hmyzom [Conservation principles of mature Norway spruce trees attacked by bark beetles] Book

Ústav ekológie lesa, Slovenská akadémia vied, Zvolen, 2015, ISBN: 978-80-89408-21-4.

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2014

Host and site factors affecting tree mortality caused by the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) in mountainous conditions

Mezei, P; Grodzki, W; Blaženec, M; Škvarenina, J; Brandýsová, V; Jakuš, R

Host and site factors affecting tree mortality caused by the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) in mountainous conditions Journal Article

Forest Ecology and Management, 331 , pp. 196–207, 2014.

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Factors influencing the wind-bark beetles’ disturbance system in the course of an Ips typographus outbreak in the Tatra Mountains

Mezei, P; Grodzki, W; Blaženec, M; Jakuš, R

Factors influencing the wind-bark beetles’ disturbance system in the course of an Ips typographus outbreak in the Tatra Mountains Journal Article

Forest Ecology and Management, 312 , pp. 67–77, 2014.

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2012

The relationship between potential solar radiation and spruce bark beetle catches in pheromone traps

Mezei, P; Jakuš, R; Blaženec, M; Belánová, S; Šmídt, J

The relationship between potential solar radiation and spruce bark beetle catches in pheromone traps Journal Article

Annals of Forest Research, 55 (2), pp. 243-252, 2012, ISSN: 18448135.

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2011

Population dynamics of spruce bark beetle in a nature reserve in relation to stand edges conditions

Mezei, P; Jakuš, R; Blaženec, M; Belánová, S; Šmídt, J

Population dynamics of spruce bark beetle in a nature reserve in relation to stand edges conditions Journal Article

Folia Oecologica, 38 (1), pp. 73-79, 2011, ISSN: 13365266.

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