The Impact of Climate Change on Anatomical Characteristics of Silver Fir and European Beech Wood from Three Sites in the Carpathians, Romania

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/f16091497" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/f16091497</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f16091497" target="_blank" >10.3390/f16091497</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Impact of Climate Change on Anatomical Characteristics of Silver Fir and European Beech Wood from Three Sites in the Carpathians, Romania

Original language description

Structural adaptations of wood to environmental conditions play a crucial role in shaping its mechanical and hydraulic properties, which are vital for the performance and survival of fir and beech. In this study, we investigated how site-specific climatic conditions influence tree-ring widths and wood-anatomical traits of fir and beech in the Carpathians. Increment cores were collected from three forest stands across the Carpathians, each characterized by distinct climate regimes. We developed chronologies for mean tree-ring width (MRW), mean lumen area of vessels/tracheids (MLA), cell density (CD), relative conductive tissue area (RCTA), and, for fir, mean tangential cell wall thickness (CWTTAN), covering the period from 1980 to 2016. By comparing MRW and wood-anatomical traits with climatic variables-daily minimum and maximum temperatures and daily precipitation sums from E-OBS climate data-we identified clear differences among the three sites. The relationships between tree-ring widths and wood-anatomical traits varied between fir and beech, reflecting species-specific responses to local climate conditions. Notably, beech appeared more sensitive to warm summer temperatures, while fir was comparatively less affected. Evaluating the variability in radial growth and wood anatomy is essential for understanding the plasticity of fir and beech under diverse environmental conditions, and represents a first step toward predicting their responses to future climate scenarios.

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

Forests

ISSN

1999-4907

e-ISSN

1999-4907

Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

1497

UT code for WoS article

001580954600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105017378368