期刊
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
卷 306, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108441
关键词
Climate-smart forestry; Carbon uptake; Drought; Fagus sylvatica; Thinning; Tree ring
资金
- Slovak Agency for Research and Development [APVV-15-0032, APVV-15-0265, APVV-180195, APVV-19-0183]
- COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action CLIMO Forestry (Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions) by EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020 [CA15226]
- European Social Fund EVA 4.0 (OP RDE) [CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000803]
European beech plays a key role in European forests' adaptation and mitigation of climate change, but little is known about its sensitivity to climate variations and drought episodes. A 60-year thinning experiment in Central European beech forests revealed that climate factors in March-July best predict beech growth. Additionally, forest management may increase beech vulnerability to climate change by increasing tree size and reducing drought resistance.
European beech plays a prominent role in the adaptation of European forests to and mitigation of climate change. Forest management may increase the mitigation potential of beech forests by accelerating carbon accumulation in tree biomass, but little is known about the interaction between the rate of biomass expansion in beech and its sensitivity to climate variation or its resistance to extreme drought episodes. A 60-year thinning experiment in beech forests in Central Europe was used to generate tree-ring width series describing past radial growth of dominant, co-dominant and sub-dominant beech trees. Randomisation applied to daily climate data was used to find the period of the year during which climate best explains beech growth. Results show that carbon uptake by above-ground biomass is higher in unmanaged stands and that thinning does not affect beech growth sensitivity to climate. Further, this study shows that average daily temperature amplitude and precipitation in March-July are the best predictors of radial growth in beech at lower-elevation sites. In a key finding, this research shows that site quality and thinning intensity increase tree size, which in turn lowers their resistance to drought. Using forest management to increase the productivity of European beech may thus increase its vulnerability to climate change.
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