20.500.12556/RUL-125544 Private forest owner characteristics affect European spruce bark beetle management under an extreme weather event and host tree density In the last few decades, an increasing number and intensity of bark beetle outbreaks have plagued the forests of Europe and North America. Bark beetle management is directly related to forest owner characteristics, although this relationship is not well understood. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of forest owner characteristics on the amount and timing of sanitary felling under different disturbance regimes and quantities of Norway spruce. We combined different databases on sanitary felling, the timing of sanitary felling, and forest owner characteristics for Slovenia from 2014 to 2018 and analyzed the amount and timing of sanitary felling in relation to forest owner characteristics. We found that the timing in winter and the amount of sanitary felling were positively associated with the distance of the owner’s residence to the forest parcel. Larger parcels were more affected by bark beetles but did not have later timing of cutting in the summer period as was hypothesized. The timing of sanitary felling decreased with property size, while with the probability of sanitary felling, the effect of property depended on the ice storm and the amount of spruce. The size of the settlement, the permanent address of the private owner, and timing of sanitary felling were positively associated but also depended on the amount of spruce. Gender and age did not have an important influence on the amount and timing of sanitary felling. Forest owners are an important factor in effective bark beetle management. This study highlights the private forest ownership characteristics that should be emphasized in order to fight bark beetle outbreaks in the event of large-scale disturbances. Governments should support forest owners who are at greater risk of bark beetle outbreaks and less efficient in managing outbreaks. Furthermore, landowner characteristics should be included when forecasting bark beetle outbreaks. close-to-nature management sanitary felling Ips typographus forest pest management forest owner characteristics sonaravno gospodarjenje sanitarna sečnja podlubniki značilnosti lastnikov gozdov true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-03-24 03:38:25 2021-03-31 10:59:25 2022-09-05 03:51:17 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 19 str. iss. 3, art. 346 Vol. 12 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*4:630*6 1999-4907 10.3390/f12030346 55791875 3872166 RAZ_De_Groot_Maarten_2021.pdf RAZ_De_Groot_Maarten_2021.pdf 1 D3CE82A88DC77F24D7AAE87BD02E181B 83b655a28f11a98cb25a807bb3f5a32d0f4e6e36ab9c7a3f52d72393b99c6648 911a2736-8e2f-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=153757 https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/12/3/346 0 59f584bb-8e2f-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=153756 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0