Accelerated growth rates of Norway spruce and European beech saplings from Europe's temperate primary forests are related to warmer conditions
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F23%3A96975" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/23:96975 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109280" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109280</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109280" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109280</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Accelerated growth rates of Norway spruce and European beech saplings from Europe's temperate primary forests are related to warmer conditions
Original language description
Global change outcomes for forests will be strongly influenced by the demography of juvenile trees. We used data from an extensive network of forest inventory plots in Europe to quantify relationships between climate factors and growth rates in sapling trees for two ecologically dominant species, Norway spruce and European beech. We fitted nonlinear regression models with annual radial growth measurements from similar to 17,500 trees in primary forests to investigate the sensitivity of individuals to temperature and measures of water supply. We controlled for multiple, potentially confounding factors, including ontogeny, resource competition and the deposition of anthropogenic nitrogen and sulphur. The growth potential of spruce was markedly elevated relative to beech, reflecting species-specific relationships with environmental drivers. Declining water availability more strongly limited productivity in spruce, while beech was notably tolerant of observed levels of moisture limitation. Warming promoted growth in both species, but growing season temperatures that exceeded thermally optimum conditions constrained wood production. We identified long-term positive trends in reconstructed annual rates of juvenile tree growth since the early 19th century, likely driven by industrial-era warming. However, our findings suggest that sustained warming and more prevalent future drought may ultimately inhibit growth due to thermal thresholds and a differential tolerance of water stress. Consequently, global change factors may be expected to affect future species abundance patterns, biomass production, and the carbon sink capacity of forests in Europe.
Czech name
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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
<a href="/en/project/GA21-27454S" target="_blank" >GA21-27454S: Large scale analyses of primary forests: Disentangling drivers of biomass and biodiversity indicators</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
ISSN
0168-1923
e-ISSN
0168-1923
Volume of the periodical
329
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2023
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1-15
UT code for WoS article
000899360000005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85145290685