Consideration of Abies cilicica for central European reforestation
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F25%3A00639112" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/25:00639112 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/25:00142059
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112725006280" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112725006280</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123120" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123120</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Consideration of Abies cilicica for central European reforestation
Original language description
A sequence of central European summer droughts since 2018 has intensified the quest for suitable reforestation species. The fact that newly planted trees will experience a warmer, drier and likely also more variable climate, however, challenge the forest sector. Here, we explore the drought resistance and resilience of Taurus fir (Abies ncilicica (Ant. & Kotschy) Carr.), and discuss its potential for ecosystem service, timber production and carbon storage under future climate change. We measured earlywood and latewood widths of 109 Taurus firs from two neighbouring sites in southern Türkiye. Average summer temperatures at the species’ biogeographic heartland are comparable to those of the exceptional central European heatwave in 2018, while precipitation at our sites is still much lower. Mean tree age is 89 years, and the average growth rate of 1.5 mm is dominated by 75 % earlywood. The various tree-ring chronologies correlate significantly with May to July precipitation (r > 0.7, 1960–2022), and their tailed positive distributions are indicative of arid baseline conditions. We suggest Abies cilicica as a potential candidate for mixed-species reforestation on appropriate soils in central Europe. Acknowledging the long-term consequences of silvicultural decisions, stronger collaborations between stakeholders and researchers are needed to prepare the forestry sector for direct and indirect effects of anticipated climate change.
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
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-08049S" target="_blank" >GA23-08049S: Central European HYDRoclimate from Oak stable isotopes over the past 8000 years – HYDRO8</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
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
597
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Dec.
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
123120
UT code for WoS article
001566367900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105014532638