Climate growth limitations of European beech and silver fir along the Carpathian arc – the recent state and future prospects DOI
Jakub Kašpar, Kamil Král, Tom Levanič

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Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 361, P. 110323 - 110323

Published: Nov. 30, 2024

Language: Английский

Major tree species of Central European forests differ in their proportion of positive, negative, and nonstationary growth trends DOI
Jakub Kašpar, Jan Tumajer, Jan Altman

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Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 30(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Temperate forests are undergoing significant transformations due to the influence of climate change, including varying responses different tree species increasing temperature and drought severity. To comprehensively understand full range growth responses, representative datasets spanning extensive site climatic gradients essential. This study utilizes tree-ring data from 550 sites temperate Czechia assess trends six dominant Central European (European beech, Norway spruce, Scots pine, silver fir, sessile pedunculate oak) over 1990-2014. By modeling mean series for each site, employing principal component analysis, we identified predominant trends. Over period, linear were evident across most (56% increasing, 32% decreasing, 10% neutral). The proportion with stationary positive increased low toward high elevations, whereas opposite was true negative Notably, within middle their distribution (between 500 700 m a.s.l.), spruce beech exhibited a mix While pine showed no clear elevation-based pattern, fir oaks displayed consistent regardless elevation, indicating resilience ongoing warming. We demonstrate divergent trajectories space among species. These findings particularly important as recent warming has triggered gradual shift in elevation optimal conditions also led decoupling between lowlands mountain areas. As result, further future shifts changes diversity can be expected.

Language: Английский

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The effects of geomorphology, soil and climate on the trajectory of aboveground biomass accumulation of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at the southern range margin DOI
Francesco Latterini, Łukasz Pawlik, Walter Stefanoni

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CATENA, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 237, P. 107787 - 107787

Published: Jan. 5, 2024

Language: Английский

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Decomposing benefits: Examining the impact of beech deadwood on soil properties and microbial diversity DOI Creative Commons
Ewa Błońska, Rafał Ważny, A. Górski

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 930, P. 172774 - 172774

Published: April 28, 2024

Deadwood is an important element of forest ecosystems that affects many its components, including the soil environment. Our research attempt to determine role decaying wood in shaping properties soils mountain ecosystems. The aim our was present influence beech deadwood on physicochemical and microbiological diversity soils. carried out Baba Góra Massif at northern exposure. plots were established altitude gradient 600, 800 1000 m above sea level. On each plot, samples taken from wood, directly under log, a sample 1 log as control. We determined basic samples, pH, C N concentration lignin content. enzymatic activity additionally, taxonomic composition bacterial fungal communities collected samples. indicates noted positive effect tested Soils affected by characterized significantly higher concentrations compared control soils, regardless their location gradient. Additionally, we found are different microorganisms In alpha lowest with deadwood. results may have practical applications management presented indicate possibility leaving order improve increase microbial diversity.

Language: Английский

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No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation DOI Creative Commons
Stefan Klesse, Richard L. Peters, Raquel Alfaro‐Sánchez

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Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 30(10)

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on forest ecosystems with negative impacts tree growth, vitality, and survival. How individual species will react to increased drought is therefore a key research question address for carbon accounting the development of climate change mitigation strategies. Recent tree‐ring studies have shown that trees at higher latitudes benefit from warmer temperatures, yet this likely highly species‐dependent less well‐known more temperate species. Using unique pan‐European network 26,430 European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L. ) 2118 sites, we applied linear mixed‐effects modeling framework (i) explain variation in climate‐dependent growth (ii) project near future (2021–2050) across entire distribution beech. We modeled spatial pattern radial responses annually varying as function mean conditions (mean annual temperature, climatic balance, continentality). Over calibration period (1952–2011), model yielded high regional explanatory power R 2 = 0.38–0.72). Considering moderate scenario (CMIP6 SSP2‐4.5), projected decrease most its range. In particular, decreases by 12%–18% (interquartile range) northwestern Central Europe 11%–21% Mediterranean region. contrast, climate‐driven increases are limited around 13% current occurrence, where historical temperature was below ~6°C. More specifically, predicts 3%–24% increase high‐elevation clusters Alps Carpathian Arc. Notably, find little potential (−10 +2%) poleward leading edge southern Scandinavia. Because region found be primarily water‐limited, northward shift distributional range constrained availability.

Language: Английский

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Sustaining forest biodiversity: Exploring the effect of long-term natural disturbance dynamics on contemporary lichen communities in primary forest ecosystems DOI Creative Commons

Rhiannon Gloor,

Marek Svitok, Martin Mikoláš

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Forest Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11, P. 100214 - 100214

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

In this era of biodiversity loss and climate change, quantifying the impacts natural disturbance on forest communities is imperative to improve conservation efforts. Epiphytic epixylic lichens are effective quality bioindicators, as they generally long-lived organisms supported by continuity specific structures their associated microclimatic features. However, how lichen respond effects fluctuating historical disturbances remains unclear. Using a dendrochronological approach, study investigates dynamics indirectly influence various community metrics in some Europe's best-preserved primary mixed-beech forests. Mixed modelling revealed that processes have decades-long structural attributes, which had both congruent divergent richness composition. Total species benefited from recent higher-severity via increased standing dead tree basal area canopy openness respectively - likely through presence pioneer late-successional with these conditions. Red-listed showed dependence habitat (old trees), disturbance-related (standing trees) whilst simultaneously benefiting periods without severe events trees reduced deadwood volume). if occurred over century past, no substantial effect structure was detected. Therefore, while disturbance-mediated can promote overall richness, threatened appear vulnerable more – concern, predicted intensify change. Additionally, high number found reinforce critical role attributes for maintenance. Hence, we recommend landscape-scale approach encompassing patches different successional stages support diverse communities, consideration long-term efforts, provide insights safeguarding our changing world.

Language: Английский

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Coping with extremes: Responses of Quercus robur L. and Fagus sylvatica L. to soil drought and elevated vapour pressure deficit DOI
Marzena Niemczyk, Piotr Wrzesiński,

Iwona Szyp-Borowska

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 948, P. 174912 - 174912

Published: July 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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Will cultural and regulatory forest services provide enough balance to provisioning services in forest enterprise portfolios in future? Marketing case studies of selected forest enterprises in Slovakia DOI Creative Commons

Alex Bumbera,

Daniel Halaj, Iveta Hajdúchová

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Journal of Forest Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 5, 2025

Language: Английский

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Sensitivity analysis of the FullCAM model: Context dependency and implications for model development to predict Australia's forest carbon stocks DOI Creative Commons
David I. Forrester, Jacqueline R. England, Keryn I. Paul

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Ecological Modelling, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 489, P. 110631 - 110631

Published: Jan. 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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A decade of lost growth in old trees: aging shapes the impacts of drought and late frost events on European beech DOI Creative Commons
Álvaro Rubio‐Cuadrado, Isabel Dorado‐Liñán, Rosana López

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Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 370, P. 110601 - 110601

Published: May 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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Estimating the optimal vegetation coverage for the dominant tree and shrub species over China’s northwest drylands DOI
Zhongdian Zhang,

Xiaoxu Jia,

Ping Zhu

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Science China Earth Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 67(5), P. 1500 - 1517

Published: April 18, 2024

Language: Английский

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