#barkbeetle — Public Fediverse posts
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Our Satellite Image of the Month April shows Harz National Park and how much the landscape has changed over the past decade. Drought and bark beetle infestations have turned dense spruce forests into clearings and new vegetation—visible even from space.
Learn more: https://www.mundialis.de/en/satellite-image-of-the-month-april-harz-national-park/
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#Germany is losing its #forests, FAST. In the central Harz region, over 90 percent of spruce trees are dead or dying because of #climatechange and insect damage. But this isn’t necessarily bad news. Instead of the former #monoculture #forest, a more resilient, wild forest is springing up, with a more abundant ecosystem. #barkbeetle #amazingnature #deforestation
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Pine Beetles Adapting To A Changing Climate, Finds Study [British Columbia, Canada]
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https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/animal-stories/pine-beetles-adapting-to-a-changing-climate-finds-study-8616846 <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17207 <-- shared paper
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[a number of years ago I worked with the USFS in Colorado on mountain pine beetle from a NEPA, varied stakeholder & SMEs, multifactor spatiotemporal analysis (sic) perspective (https://fe9h.short.gy/TPbN5e); due to this, as a Coloradan and coming from a family of lumber folk, I retain a strong interest in this hazardous and destructive blight, especially as climate change proceeds]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #BritishColumbia #BC #Canada #barkbeetle #pinebeetle #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #mountainpinebeetle #lodgepolepine #forest #forestry #risk #hazard #climatechange #habitat #ecosystem #biology #destructive #tree #trees #economiccost #carbondioxide #reproduction #impacts #CO2 #forestbiology #vulnerability #drought #water #hydrology #boreal -
The end of the great northern forests? The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giants
“This is a global phenomenon but it is also a complicated story,” says Prof Diana Six, a forest entomologist at the University of Montana.
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#DailyBloggingChallenge (81/100)
While being in the #Harz one would assume that the #BarkBeetle should carry all the blame for the dying of the forests, though after closer investigation it is only the symptom of a man made change to #ecology.
Originally the #forest was quite mixed and humankind wanted a quick way to get lumber back again, thus they chose to create a mono culture of #spruce. This in theory would be fine as long as the climate would align with the tree’s ideal conditions. Though as locals have experienced in the past years this isn’t the case anymore and thereby creating the ideal biotope for the bark beetle to spread like wild fire.
As much as one would assume the bark beetle to be the pest, it has its place in the ecology. Its purpose is to weed out the weak trees to create more space for the other trees and give home to various species. Killing off the beetle would in return also reduce the food source of various other species, especially larger bugs and birds.