Growth trends and climate responses of Norway spruce along elevational gradients in East-Central Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/16:10328681

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-016-1396-3" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-016-1396-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00468-016-1396-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00468-016-1396-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Growth trends and climate responses of Norway spruce along elevational gradients in East-Central Europe

Original language description

Decadal growth variability of Norway spruce increases with elevation. Recent temperature sensitivity and growth enhancement are limited to trees growing in the zone adjacent to timberline. Growth trends and climate responses of forest trees along elevational gradients are not fully understood. A deeper insight is, however, fundamental for predicting ecosystem functioning and productivity under future climate change. Supplementary to the effects of elevation and regional provenance on tree growth are sample depth, uneven representation of sample age and varying site conditions. Furthermore, there is only a limited number of studies addressing growth changes along elevational gradients, while at the same time applying tree-ring standardization methods that are sensitive to trend preservation. Here, we introduce 12 novel tree-ring width chronologies of Norway spruce (Picea abies[L.] Karst.) from four elevational belts encompassing montane forests and the local timberline in three regions in East-Central Europe between 15A degrees and 19A degrees E. Each chronology is characterized by sufficient sample replication and a comparable age structure between 1906 and 2010. Tree growth near timberline revealed substantial medium-frequency variability and sharply increasing ring widths since the 1980s. Medium-frequency growth variability of lower elevation trees was, however, relatively small, and growth rates over the last decade were either stable or even decreased. During the last four decades, Norway spruce from higher elevations exhibited a reduced response to autumn temperatures preceding ring formation. In contrast, trees from the lower-montane zone increased their sensitivity to drought during the same time. Our results emphasize not only different but also instable growth trends and climate responses of forest trees along altitudinal gradients, which should be considered in future forest management strategies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0248" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0248: Building up a multidisciplinary scientific team focused on drought</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Trees: structure and function

ISSN

0931-1890

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

30

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

1633-1646

UT code for WoS article

000384406000014

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84963649859