Nitrogen deposition is the most important environmental driver of growth of pure, even-aged and managed European forests
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00020702%3A_____%2F20%3AN0000048" target="_blank" >RIV/00020702:_____/20:N0000048 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719304244" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719304244</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117762" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117762</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Nitrogen deposition is the most important environmental driver of growth of pure, even-aged and managed European forests
Original language description
Changing environmental conditions may substantially interact with site quality and forest stand characteristics, and impact forest growth and carbon sequestration. Understanding the impact of the various drivers of forest growth is therefore critical to predict how forest ecosystems can respond to climate change. We conducted a continental-scale analysis of recent (1995-2010) forest volume increment data (Delta Vol, m 3 ha(-1) yr(-1)), obtained from ca. 100,000 coniferous and broadleaved trees in 442 even-aged, single-species stands across 23 European countries. We used multivariate statistical approaches, such as mixed effects models and structural equation modelling to investigate how European forest growth respond to changes in 11 predictors, including stand characteristics, climate conditions, air and site quality, as well as their interactions. We found that, despite the large environmental gradients encompassed by the forests examined, stand density and age were key drivers of forest growth. We further detected a positive, in some cases non-linear effect of N deposition, most pronounced for beech forests, with a tipping point at ca. 30 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1). With the exception of a consistent temperature signal on Norway spruce, climate-related predictors and ground-level ozone showed much less generalized relationships with Delta VoL Our results show that, together with the driving forces exerted by stand density and age, N deposition is at least as important as climate to modulate forest growth at continental scale in Europe, with a potential negative effect at sites with high N deposition.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN
0378-1127
e-ISSN
1872-7042
Volume of the periodical
458
Issue of the periodical within the volume
FEB 2020
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
117762
UT code for WoS article
000512219500027
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85076851824