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Devastating outbreak of bark beetles in the Czech Republic: Drivers, impacts, and management implications

2021-06-01

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Outbreaks of tree-killing insects are intensifying globally, affecting economies, human well-being, and driving ecosystem transitions. The Czech Republic has recently become Europe’s epicenter of the outbreak of spruce bark beetle Ips typographus, the most aggressive species in Eurasia. We investigated a countrywide outbreak dynamic during the period 2003–2019, with a special focus on the period 2017–2019 when the...

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Literature Corpus work: 84a103d8-35b5-52eb-b36a-6c18c1b58109
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119075

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