Simple visualization of climate change for improving the public perception in forest pathology / Kliimamuutuste visualiseerimise lihtne viis seoste paremaks tajumiseks metsapatoloogias

Abstract

In several national and international meetings of forest and general plant pathology, when discussing possible causes of current arrivals of new alien pathogens in Estonia, we demonstrated the climate characteristic “monthly mean temperatures” as coloured grid-boxes, colours of which indicate the statistical relation of the definite months’ characteristic to its’ long time mean value. It was met with approval and evaluated as suitable and pictorial way for the visualization of shorter (until some few decades) drastically differing periods in climate warming for more trustworthy connecting of these two scientifically-experimentally only heavily connectable natural processes - climate warming and epidemics of alien forest pathogens. During the winters of the 20th century, apparently not only freezing, but also warming periods had caused serious aftermaths in forest pathology

Keywords

• monthly mean temperature
• invasions
• alien pathogens
• red band needle blight
• ash dieback