Climate growth limitations of European beech and silver fir along the Carpathian arc - the recent state and future prospects

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F25%3A43926058" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/25:43926058 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00027073:_____/25:N0000021

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110323" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110323</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110323" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110323</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Climate growth limitations of European beech and silver fir along the Carpathian arc - the recent state and future prospects

Original language description

Changing temperature and precipitation patterns are shaping tree climate-growth limitations. The influence of climate change affects individual tree species differently, and can also differ across extensive geographical regions. The Carpathians, a vast mountainous area of Europe, host significant numbers of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), both of which exhibit distinct climate-growth responses despite sharing similar ecological niches. Our study aims to discern the effects of climate change across Carpathians and forecast the future growth trajectories of silver fir and European beech within this area. We selected eight sites along the Carpathian arc at similar elevations and edaphic conditions, dendrochronologically sampled and measured 15 mature canopy trees of both species. Using the Vaganov-Shashkin process-based model, we simulated radial growth and computed growing season variables as well as temperature and moisture limitations. Model calibration covered the period from 1985 to 2015. E-OBS data were then used to simulate the period between 1985 and 2022, while the bias-corrected prediction of the RCP 4.5 scenario was utilized for predictions from 2023 to 2050. Our research revealed three distinct regions in the Carpathians, each with varying climate-growth limitations: the northern, south-western, and south-eastern areas. Northern sites primarily experienced limitations due to cold temperatures, while southern sites were predominantly constrained by insufficient moisture, intensifying eastward. Silver fir in northern sites exhibited significant low-temperature limitations and showed a higher response to climate conditions compared to European beech. Conversely, European beech consistently showed higher moisture-driven growth limitations than silver fir, indicating a better adaptability of silver fir to dryer conditions. Differences between recent and future periods were non-significant in most cases. However, there was a gradual convergence of northern sites to climatically limited growth in south-western sites.

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/GF21-47163L" target="_blank" >GF21-47163L: Physiological, morphological and growth response of fir and beech along the geographical gradient – basis for predicting future development trends</a><br>

Continuities

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

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

ISSN

0168-1923

e-ISSN

1873-2240

Volume of the periodical

361

Issue of the periodical within the volume

15 February

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

110323

UT code for WoS article

001414940800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85210531392