Spatial and temporal dynamics of a bark beetle outbreak in the Eastern European Alps

The European Alps are currently considered among the ecoregions with the highest magnitude of average bark beetle disturbance per year. The dataset and code can be used for a disturbance regime characterization based on a unique database including more than 50,000 records of ground-based bark beetle disturbance observations that were collected in the Eastern Alps for the years 2020 to 2023. The proposed methodology, which is built on the extraction of disturbance metrics and parameters, can help with the correct parameterization of forest disturbance models, and thus support our capability of predicting future patterns of beetle dispersal and effects on carbon stocks in the alpine region and beyond. , , , # Data from: Spatial and temporal dynamics of a bark beetle outbreak in the Eastern European Alps [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.mcvdnck9d](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.mcvdnck9d) ## Description of the data and file structure The dataset comprises all data used for: i) the extraction of yearly forest disturbance metrics (event areas, inter-year distances, intra-year distances, event intensity, and event frequency) from bark beetle disturbance polygons ii) the modelling of spatial point processes at regional and landscape scale (landscape polygon examples 1-2-3) iii) the retrieval of disturbance regime parameters from bark beetle disturbance polygons iv) the calculation of disturbance-induced biomass loss from the ESA CCI biomass product (User guide: [https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/D4.3_CCI_PUG_V4.0_20230605.pdf](https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/D4.3_CCI_PUG_V4.0_20230605.pdf)) and spatially explicit disturbance vectors (bark beetle disturbance polygons) v) the c...,