2021
DOI: 10.3390/f12030381
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Climate Differently Impacts the Growth of Coexisting Trees and Shrubs under Semi-Arid Mediterranean Conditions

Abstract: Background and Objectives—Coexisting tree and shrub species will have to withstand more arid conditions as temperatures keep rising in the Mediterranean Basin. However, we still lack reliable assessments on how climate and drought affect the radial growth of tree and shrub species at intra- and interannual time scales under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions. Materials and Methods—We investigated the growth responses to climate of four co-occurring gymnosperms inhabiting semi-arid Mediterranean sites in northe… Show more

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“…Soil moisture variability explains better radial growth rates than precipitation as already observed in Mediterranean pine forests (Sarris et al 2013 ; Camarero et al 2021 ). We observed a high covariance between April soil moisture and earlywood (Fig.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…Soil moisture variability explains better radial growth rates than precipitation as already observed in Mediterranean pine forests (Sarris et al 2013 ; Camarero et al 2021 ). We observed a high covariance between April soil moisture and earlywood (Fig.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…In general, dendroecological studies of Mediterranean woody plants agree that major growth processes take place in spring, with the second phase of stem increment in autumn playing only a minor role for xylogenesis 12 , 13 , 24 , 41 , 56 . For our focal species, however, our results imply a strong role of a second growing phase.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…In southern Europe, the growing season is mainly constrained by low temperatures in winter and water limitation in summer, leading to a bimodal cycle of ecosystem productivity with two peaks — a larger one in spring and a smaller one in autumn — with a high seasonal variability of carbon uptake (Camarero et al 2021 ; Garbulsky et al 2008 ; Gutiérrez et al 2011 ; Spano et al 2013 ). This region is termed a global change hot spot, where warming rates exceed the global average by about 20% (Diffenbaugh and Giorgi 2012 ; Lionello and Scarascia 2018 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%