Risk assessment of bark beetle outbreaks at the National Park Gesäuse
Abstract
Mapping of site- and stand-related predispostion combined with topoclimatic modelling of bark beetle development will be used for risk assessment of bark beetle outbreaks at the National Park Gesäuse. Based on this data, a puffer area at the border of the National Park can be established where control measurements have to be done in order to protect adjacent managed spruce stands. Besides this, forest areas with missing or low risk for bark beetle epidemics can be detected, where no control measurements are needed.
keywords forest entomology Ips typographus Modelling risk assessment bark beetle
Publikationen
Risikoabschätzung von Borkenkäfer-Massenvermehrungen im Nationalpark Gesäuse
Autoren: Schopf, Axel; Baier, Peter; Pennerstorfer, Josef Jahr: 2008
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Project staff
Axel Schopf
Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr.phil. Axel Schopf
axel.schopf@boku.ac.at
Project Leader
01.07.2006 - 31.12.2007
Josef Pennerstorfer
Dr. Josef Pennerstorfer MSc.
josef.pennerstorfer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91635
Project Staff
01.07.2006 - 31.12.2007