Forest diversity promotes individual tree growth in central European forest stands
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F17%3A43910284" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/17:43910284 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12783" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12783</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12783" target="_blank" >10.1111/1365-2664.12783</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Forest diversity promotes individual tree growth in central European forest stands
Original language description
Most experimental evidence on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning comes from ecosystems with fast-growing plants, such as grasslands. Although forests provide essential ecological services, they have been less well investigated. We used dendrochronology to compare the tree radial growth rates of four important timber species in replicated, spatially mapped stands that differed in tree composition and diversity within a central European managed forest. Growth rates differed among species but were largely unaffected by the density of neighbouring trees. Increasing stand diversity enhanced individual growth rates, after accounting for the effects of tree density and size. These increases were statistically indistinguishable among the four species. In contrast, the effects of stand and neighbourhood species composition on growth rates were non-significant. Policy implications. Our study of long-established central European forest stands revealed levels of tree diversity can be increased in managed forests, with the potential for modest increases in tree growth rates. These results suggest that in addition to the biodiversity and risk mitigation benefits associated with shifting practices away from monoculture management, increased carbon sequestration and yields in mature forests are likely to be realized. Our results suggest that it is possible to increase forest diversity with little or no costs to production and even with the potential for modest increases in tree growth rates. (C) 2016 British Ecological Society.
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
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Applied Ecology
ISSN
0021-8901
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
54
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
71-79
UT code for WoS article
000393322600008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84991672046