Forest temperature buffering in pure and mixed stands: A high-resolution temporal analysis with generalized additive models
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122582" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122582</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122582" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122582</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Forest temperature buffering in pure and mixed stands: A high-resolution temporal analysis with generalized additive models
Original language description
Forests foster buffered microclimates, but causal mechanisms have rarely been studied on longer timescales and in differently diverse stands. Here, we explore temperature regulation by a young experimental forest in Austria, focusing on four common colline broadleaf species (Acer platanoides L., Tilia cordata Mill., Quercus robur L., Carpinus betulus L.) in monocultures, two- and four-species mixed stands. Air temperature was monitored in 28 forest plots for two years and compared to open-field controls. Using generalized additive models (GAMs), we investigated direct temperature offsets and lags between open-field and sub-canopy temperatures, considering diurnal and seasonal changes, and causal factors such as global mean radiation, relative air humidity, wind, and leaf area index (LAI). Forests generally had a cooling effect during the summer and a warming effect in winter, where the cooling magnitude varied with species composition and environmental conditions. Specifically, Acer platanoides and Carpinus betulus demonstrated the highest cooling capacities, and Quercus robur the lowest. Mixed species stands exhibited higher temperature buffering effects relative to monospecific stands, suggesting that species diversity in forests can increase the ability to regulate microclimates. Solar radiation, relative air hu midity, wind speed, and LAI all significantly influenced offsets. These findings are crucial for urban forestry and environmental planning, suggesting that careful selection of tree species can optimize temperature regulation, thereby improving human thermal comfort and ecosystem processes alike.
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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
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Continuities
O - Projekt operacniho programu
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN
0378-1127
e-ISSN
1872-7042
Volume of the periodical
583
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1 May
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
122582
UT code for WoS article
001434727000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85218425966