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The objective of the study was to determine whether differences exist between the selected characteristics of Norway spruce cones and seeds depending on their location in the crown. The study was performed in two spruce tree stands growing under mountainous conditions (the Beskidy Mountains, southern Poland). In winter 2015, the cones were collected from 60 standing trees located in the two selected...
The European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) outbreak observed in the ‘Puszcza Białowieska’ Promotional Forest Complex since 2012 resulted in a total volume of 1.4 million m³ of dead trees in multiple spruce stands. The study aimed to assess the species composition of fungi occurring in spruce trunks at early stages of European spruce bark beetle attack. All the samples used in laboratory analyses...
The aim of the study was to compare the tree−ring width, latewood share and density of spruce wood from the mature stands occupying different forest habitats. 12 study plots were located in the north−eastern Norway spruce range in Poland (lowlands), whereas 16 in the south−western one (mountains). On the lowlands we chose stands growing on fresh mixed coniferous, humid mixed coniferous, fresh mixed...
In the Beskid Żywiecki, the combination of abiotic, biotic and anthropogenic factors unfavourable for the growth of trees led to the dieback of spruce stands. The intensification of this process began after the hurricane in November 2004, followed by years of negative climatic water balance. The deterioration of tree growth conditions occurred after the drought in July 2006 and damage caused by the...
Since several years already, a massive infestation of bark beetle has taken place in the Białowieża Forest, decimating a local Norway spruce population. In consequence, many open areas appeared, practically deprived of trees and other forest vegetation. The existence of such areas has a very negative impact on multiple values of the Białowieża Forest: natural, social, economical and landscape−aesthetic...
The dynamics of decline of Norway spruce forests in the Beskid Śląski Mts. (S Poland) in a 2007−2016 period was analysed based on data from the State Forests Information System. For that purpose we used modified growth model and wind damage risk model. The harvested timber volume (salvage cuts) exceeded the allowable harvest modeled with the stand growth model by 270% in years 2007−2010 (earlier period)...
One of the tree species appearing after a decline of Norway spruce Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. in the Silesian Beskid Mountains is Silver Birch Betula pendula Roth. Therefore our study was aimed at evaluating this birch regeneration and the dynamics of changes resulting from experimental cutting. Measurements and inventories of trees were conducted on research plots located in a ten-year old birch...
The study was conducted in 2015 in six spruce stands situated in different forest districts administratively belonging to the Regional Directorate of Forests State in Krosno. Each spruce population was represented by 30 trees and assessed in terms of their current health status. Genetic analyses were performed based on shoot samples from each tree using nine nuclear DNA markers and one mitochondrial...
Considered to be the most natural of all other Polish stands Picea abies in Białowieża Forest has suffered severely of bark beetle damages for decades. In order to find out some historical events in native Norway spruce stands diversity at regional level, we carried out the study on polymorphism with DNA markers and performed Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) on the basis of genetic distance matrix...
The lack of effective methods of forest protection against bark beetles in Norway spruce stands was the reason for undertaking the studies aimed at the assessment of efficacy of pheromone traps Trinet P that act as an ‘attract and kill' system to reduce the population of spruce bark beetle Ips typographus (Col.: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). The Trinet P trap consists of a triangular stand, on which...
The aim of this paper is to investigate and compare structural, mechanical and physical properties of wood of Norway spruce growing on experimental plot in Rogów (central Poland). The planting material consisted of seeds sourced from six selected provenances. Three of them originated from lowlands, while the others have mountain origins (tab. 1). The plot was established in 1975 and the wood was harvested...
The objective of this study was to determine the influence of the age of parent tree stand on selected physical properties of Norway spruce seeds to improve the efficiency of seed separation processes. Seeds were harvested in a forest complex located in the seed zone No. 202, in the municipality of Kruklanki in the Borki Forest District (N Poland) during mast years (1999, 2004, 2007 and 2012). The...
Comparative cultivation experiment was carried out in the greenhouse to verify the assumption that increased air CO2 concentration (up to 1000 ppm) stimulates the infection intensity and mortality rate of Scots pine and Norway spruce seedlings subjected to the artificial inoculation with Armillaria ostoyae (Romagn.) Herink. It was found that increased air CO2 concentration reduces the intensity of...
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