Sybryn L. Maes, Michael P. Perring, Margot Vanhellemont, Leen Depauw, Jan Van den Bulcke, Guntis Brumelis, Jorg Brunet, Guillaume Decocq, Jan den Ouden, Werner Härdtle, Radim Hedl, Thilo Heinken, Steffi Heinrichs, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Martin Kopecký, Frantisek Malis, Monika Wulf, Kris Verheyen
- Forecasting the growth of tree species to future environmental changes requires abetter understanding of its determinants. Tree growth is known to respond to global‐change drivers such as climate change or atmospheric deposition, as well as to localland‐use drivers such as forest management. Yet, large geographical scale studiesexamining interactive growth responses to multiple global‐change drivers are relativelyscarce and rarely consider management effects. Here, we assessed the interactiveeffects of three global‐change drivers (temperature, precipitation and nitrogen deposi-tion) on individual tree growth of three study species (Quercus robur/petraea, Fagus syl-vatica and Fraxinus excelsior). We sampled trees along spatial environmental gradientsacross Europe and accounted for the effects of management for Quercus. We collectedincrement cores from 267 trees distributed over 151 plots in 19 forest regions andcharacterized their neighbouring environment to take into account potentially confounding factors such as tree size,Forecasting the growth of tree species to future environmental changes requires abetter understanding of its determinants. Tree growth is known to respond to global‐change drivers such as climate change or atmospheric deposition, as well as to localland‐use drivers such as forest management. Yet, large geographical scale studiesexamining interactive growth responses to multiple global‐change drivers are relativelyscarce and rarely consider management effects. Here, we assessed the interactiveeffects of three global‐change drivers (temperature, precipitation and nitrogen deposi-tion) on individual tree growth of three study species (Quercus robur/petraea, Fagus syl-vatica and Fraxinus excelsior). We sampled trees along spatial environmental gradientsacross Europe and accounted for the effects of management for Quercus. We collectedincrement cores from 267 trees distributed over 151 plots in 19 forest regions andcharacterized their neighbouring environment to take into account potentially confounding factors such as tree size, competition, soil conditions and elevation. Wedemonstrate that growth responds interactively to global‐change drivers, with species ‐specific sensitivities to the combined factors. Simultaneously high levels of precipita-tion and deposition benefited Fraxinus, but negatively affected Quercus’ growth, high-lighting species‐specific interactive tree growth responses to combined drivers. ForFagus, a stronger growth response to higher temperatures was found when precipita-tion was also higher, illustrating the potential negative effects of drought stress underwarming for this species. Furthermore, we show that past forest management canmodulate the effects of changing temperatures on Quercus’ growth; individuals in plotswith a coppicing history showed stronger growth responses to higher temperatures.Overall, our findings highlight how tree growth can be interactively determined by glo-bal‐change drivers, and how these growth responses might be modulated by past for-est management. By showing future growth changes for scenarios of environmentalchange, we stress the importance of considering multiple drivers, including past man-agement and their interactions, when predicting tree growth.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Sybryn L. MaesORCiD, Michael P. PerringORCiD, Margot Vanhellemont, Leen Depauw, Jan Van den BulckeORCiD, Guntis Brumelis, Jorg BrunetORCiD, Guillaume Decocq, Jan den OudenORCiD, Werner HärdtleORCiD, Radim HedlORCiD, Thilo HeinkenORCiD, Steffi Heinrichs, Bogdan JaroszewiczORCiD, Martin KopeckýORCiD, Frantisek MalisORCiD, Monika WulfORCiD, Kris Verheyen |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14493 |
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ISSN: | 1354-1013 |
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ISSN: | 1365-2486 |
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Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30346104 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Global change biology |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
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Place of publishing: | Hoboken |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2018/10/22 |
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Publication year: | 2018 |
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Release date: | 2021/05/31 |
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Tag: | Fagus; Fraxinus; Quercus; basal area increment; climate change; historical ecology; nitrogen deposition; tree-ring analysis |
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Volume: | 25 |
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Issue: | 1 |
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Number of pages: | 17 |
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First page: | 201 |
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Last Page: | 217 |
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Funding institution: | European Research CouncilEuropean Research Council (ERC) [614839]; VEGAVedecka grantova agentura MSVVaS SR a SAV (VEGA) [1/0639/17, APVV-14-0086]; Grant Agency of the Czech RepublicGrant Agency of the Czech Republic [17-09283S]; Czech Academy of ScienceCzech Academy of Sciences [RVO 67985939] |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access / Bronze Open-Access |
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