Species-specific climate-growth interactions determine tree species dynamics in mixed Central European mountain forests

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43410/21:43919675 RIV/00216208:11310/21:10433472

Result on the web

<a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd8fb/pdf" target="_blank" >https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd8fb/pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd8fb" target="_blank" >10.1088/1748-9326/abd8fb</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Species-specific climate-growth interactions determine tree species dynamics in mixed Central European mountain forests

Original language description

Increasing growing season temperatures and the seasonal redistribution of precipitation due to climate change have recently been recorded across the globe. Simultaneously, increases of severe droughts and windstorm frequency have also been documented. However, the impacts of climate change on tree growth performance and fitness might largely differ among coexisting species. Consequently, ongoing temperature increases could lead to extensive changes in tree species compositions in many forest biomes including temperate mountain forests. In this study we used an extensive dataset of 2824 cored trees of three species from two sites, and parameterized a purely climate driven process-based model (Vaganov-Shaskin) to simulate the growth dynamics and climatic limitations of coexisting Picea abies, Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba in two of the oldest mountain forest reserves in Central Europe (the Boubin and Zofin Primeval Forests). We assumed that the species composition reflects climatic growth limitations, and considered between-site differences in mean temperature due to elevation as a model of future climate change effects on mountain forests. Our results show a complexity of site- and species-specific responses of Central European forests to climate change. Over the last 70 years, the proportion of F. sylvatica in Central European natural forests has increased at the expense of conifers. During the investigated period, we observed an increase in the growth rates of the studied species mainly at the higher elevation site, while for the lower elevation site there was increasing intensity of moisture limitation. Despite being the most moisture-limited species, P. abies showed the highest simulated growth rates. In contrast, A. alba was the least moisture limited of all considered species. Given its recent proportion in the forest species composition and intermediate drought resistance, we anticipate the future expansion of F. sylvatica in Central European mountain forests.

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

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-09427S" target="_blank" >GA19-09427S: The mystery of biogenic soil creep: the biogeomorphic role of trees in temperate and tropical forests and its ecological consequences</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Environmental Research Letters

ISSN

1748-9326

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

034039

UT code for WoS article

000622310800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85102400891