As the use of the increment borer is supposed to be invasive, there is a question of how coring affects subsequent growth or the health of various tree species. Ten Picea abies (L.) Karst. trees in the Beskydy Mts. (Czech Republic) were analysed nine years after coring by an increment borer (June 2011) to determine their anatomical and growth responses to the coring. Cores (13 per tree) were extracted at regular vertical and horizontal distances to evaluate the spatio-temporal pattern of the responses. Sixty percent of trees reacted to the increment boring by creating a vertical crack at the end of year 2011. Traumatic Resin Ducts (TRDs) appeared in all trees relatively soon after coring, with a predominance in the vertical axis. In the horizontal axis, TRDs gradually disappeared with increasing distance from the old coring hole. Overall the spatio-temporal occurrence of TRDs varied in the tree trunk. The immediacy of the response was indirectly dependent on the distance from the 2011 core. Trees responded by growth release the following year after coring as well. The duration of growth disturbances reached three years on average. The results show that P. abies trees are not critically endangered by increment borer coring.

由于增量蛀虫的使用被认为是侵入性的，因此存在取芯如何影响后续生长或各种树种的健康的问题。十只云杉冷杉(L.) 喀斯特。Beskydy Mts 的树木 （捷克共和国）在取芯 9 年后由增量蛀虫（2011 年 6 月）进行分析，以确定它们对取芯的解剖和生长反应。以规则的垂直和水平距离提取核心（每棵树 13 个）以评估响应的时空模式。2011 年底，60% 的树木对增量钻孔做出了反应，在 2011 年底产生了垂直裂缝。在取芯后相对较快的时间内，所有树木中都出现了外伤性树脂管道 (TRD)，在垂直轴上占主导地位。在水平轴上，随着与旧取心孔距离的增加，TRD 逐渐消失。总体而言，TRDs 在树干中的时空发生率各不相同。响应的即时性间接取决于与 2011 年核心的距离。树木在取芯后的第二年也通过生长释放做出反应。生长障碍的持续时间平均达到三年。结果表明P. abies树不会受到增量蛀虫取芯的严重威胁。