The Database of European Forest Insect and Disease Disturbances: DEFID2

We present the new Database of European Forest Insect and Disease Disturbances (DEFID2). It comprises over 650,000 harmonized georeferenced records of European forests, sampled as polygons or point plots, that were disturbed by insects and/or diseases between 1963 and 2021. All DEFID2 records are described by a set of qualitative attributes, including severity and patterns of damage symptoms, agents, host tree species, climate-driven trigger factors, silvicultural practices, and eventual sanitary interventions. They are further complemented with a satellite-based quantitative characterization of affected areas in terms of Normalized Burn Ratio time series, damage metrics retrieved from Landsat data using the LandTrendr spectral-temporal segmentation algorithm (e.g., onset, duration, magnitude, and rate of the disturbance), and possible interactions with windthrow and wildfire events. The DEFID2 database is a novel resource for many large-scale applications dealing with biotic disturbances. It offers a unique contribution to improve our understanding of ecological processes underlying biotic forest disturbances, monitor their dynamics and enhance their representation in land-climate models. Further data sharing is encouraged to update and improve the DEFID2 database continuously. The dataset is available at https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/private/zyWXacMk3/rMAmPiN6eBJ3vGYw/

FORZIERI Giovanni;  DUTRIEUX Loic;  ELIA Agata;  ECKHARDT Bernd;  CAUDULLO Giovanni;  ÁLVAREZ TABOADA Flor;  ANDRIOLO Alessandro;  BĂLĂCENOIU Flavius;  BASTOS Ana;  BUZATU Andrei;  CASTEDO DORADO Fernando;  DOBROVOLNÝ Lumír;  DUDUMAN Mihai-Leonard;  FERNANDEZ-CARRILLO Angel;  HERNÁNDEZ-CLEMENTE Rocío;  HORNERO Alberto;  IONUȚ Săvulescu;  LOMBARDERO María J.;  JUNTTILA Samuli;  LUKES Petr;  MARIANELLI Leonardo;  MAS Hugo;  MLČOUŠEK Marek;  MUGNAI Francesco;  NEȚOIU Constantin;  NIKOLOV Christo;  OLENICI Nicolai;  OLSSON Per-Ola;  PAOLI Francesco;  PARASCHIV Marius;  PATOČKA Zdeněk;  PÉREZ-LAORGA Eduardo;  QUERO Jose Luis;  RÜETSCHI Marius;  STROHEKER Sophie;  NARDI Davide;  FERENČÍK Ján;  BATTISTI Andrea;  HARTMANN Henrik;  NISTOR Constantin;  CESCATTI Alessandro;  BECK Pieter; 

2023-10-09

WILEY

JRC134202

1354-1013 (online),   

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.16912,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC134202,   

10.1111/gcb.16912 (online),