Early warning system PHENTHAUproc
Phenology modelling of Thaumetopoea processionea
The increasing occurrence of oak processionary moth (OPM), T. processionea L., in Central Europe since the 1990s and the consequences for oak trees and human/animal health urgently require hazard control strategies. Regarding climate change, increased intensities of OPM-caused tree defoliation and contaminations of humans/animals with the urticating hairs (setae) released by OPM larvae are expected.
For hazard assessment and decision support on timely and effective OPM control, the online early warning system „PHENTHAUproc“ was developed. The prototype which was created and validated for Germany gives local and regional predictions for the sites of meteorological stations and a Germany-wide map service, resp.
Further information:
• PDF - Model applicability and references
• PDF - Information: OPM setae, monitoring and control
Project team
Dr. Paula Halbig1,2
Anne-Sophie Stelzer3
Dr. Peter Baier2
Dr. Josef Pennerstorfer2
Dr. Horst Delb1
Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Axel Schopf2
1 FVA – Forest Research Institute Baden-Wuerttemberg, Department of Forest Protection
2 BOKU –University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, IFFF - Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection
3 FVA, Department of Biometrics and Information Technology
Funding
Forest climate fund: joint project
„ModEPSKlim – Model-based hazard assessment of oak processionary moth in climate change“
[grant 22WC409001]: https://www.fnr.de/index.php?id=11150&fkz=22WC409001
With support from
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL),
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
by decision of the German Bundestag
UBA Project (funding by Umweltbundesamt)
„Climate Change and new health risks: clarification and assessment of impacts of the oak processionary moth“
[grant 371262203]
With support from
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)