Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41320/22:92997

Result on the web

<a href="https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14267" target="_blank" >https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14267</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14267" target="_blank" >10.1111/1365-2664.14267</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect

Original language description

The increasing disturbances in monocultures around the world are testimony to their instability under global change. Many studies have claimed that temporal stability of productivity increases with species richness, although the ecological fundamentals have mainly been investigated through diversity experiments. To adequately manage forest ecosystems, it is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the effect of mixing species on the temporal stability of productivity and the way in which it is influenced by climate conditions across large geographical areas. Here, we used a unique dataset of 261 stands combining pure and two-species mixtures of four relevant tree species over a wide range of climate conditions in Europe to examine the effect of species mixing on the level and temporal stability of productivity. Structural equation modelling was employed to further explore the direct and indirect influence of climate, overyielding, species asynchrony and additive effect (i.e. temporal stability expected from the species growth in monospecific stands) on temporal stability in mixed forests. We showed that by adding only one tree species to monocultures, the level (overyielding: +6%) and stability (temporal stability: +12%) of stand growth increased significantly. We identified the key effect of temperature on destabilizing stand growth, which may be mitigated by mixing species. We further confirmed asynchrony as the main driver of temporal stability in mixed stands, through both the additive effect and species interactions, which modify between-species asynchrony in mixtures in comparison to monocultures. Synthesis and applications. This study highlights the emergent properties associated with mixing two species, which result in resource efficient and temporally stable production systems. We reveal the negative impact of mean temperature on temporal stability of forest productivity and how the stabilizing effect of mixing two species can counterbalance this impact. The overyielding and temporal stability of growth addressed in this paper are essential for ecosystem services closely linked with the level and rhythm of forest growth. Our results underline that mixing two species can be a realistic and effective nature-based climate solution, which could contribute towards meeting EU climate target policies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - 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

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK21020307" target="_blank" >QK21020307: Optimization of silviculture procedures for adaptation of forest ecosystems to climate change</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Applied Ecology

ISSN

0021-8901

e-ISSN

1365-2664

Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

2730-2741

UT code for WoS article

000841679700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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