Climate-tree-growth relationships of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the French Permanent Plot Network (RENECOFOR)

Lebourgeois, François; Bréda, Nathalie; Ulrich, Erwin; Granier, André

doi:10.1007/s00468-004-0397-9

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“…When considered alongside the high sensitivity of F. sylvatica to drought (Dittmar et al, 2003;Lebourgeois et al, 2005) and the recent increase in its sensitivity to temperature (A. S. Jump et al, unpublished), the data we present here demonstrate a dramatic growth decline at the LFL related to rising temperatures in the study region over the last half-century. Strikingly, in a study of old-growth F. sylvatica forest in the Central Apennines, Italy, Piovesan et al (2005b) report a comparable growth decline of this species over the same period, which they suggest may be related to changes in climate.…”

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“…The CFA site is located in a level area of forest around the Santa Fe River and has deeper soils than those of the steep northeast-facing slope of the LFL (see Bolò s, 1983). Lebourgeois et al (2005) show that soil water deficits play a crucial role in limiting the growth of F. sylvatica and moderating the effects of high temperatures. Differences in soil water availability between the two sites may explain why growth of the CFA remains unchanged while it is declining rapidly at the LFL -an explanation supported by the lower importance of high precipitation in promoting growth in the central forest area.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…4, A. S. Jump et al, unpublished). The susceptibility of F. sylvatica to extreme temperatures increases with decreasing soil water availability (Lebourgeois et al, 2005), which is a likely consequence of increasing temperature Mean values for DBH and age are followed by the range in parentheses. DBH and age do not differ significantly between sites (Kruskal-Wallace test, P40.05).…”

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Rapid climate change‐related growth decline at the southern range edge of Fagus sylvatica

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Studies on Fagus sylvatica show that growth in populations toward the southern limit of this species' distribution is limited strongly by drought. Warming temperatures in the Mediterranean region are expected to exacerbate drought where they are not accompanied by increases in precipitation. We studied levels of annual growth in mature F. sylvatica trees over the last half-century in the Montseny Mountains in Catalonia (northeast Spain). Our results show significantly lower growth of mature trees at the lower limit of this species' distribution when compared with trees at higher altitudes. Growth at the lower Fagus limit is characterized by a rapid recent decline starting in approximately 1975. By 2003, growth of mature trees had fallen by 49% when compared with predecline levels. This is not an age-related phenomenon, nor is it seen in comparable populations at higher altitudes. Analysis of climate-growth relationships suggests that the observed decline in growth is a result of warming temperatures and that, as precipitation in the region has not increased, precipitation is now insufficient to ameliorate the negative effects of increased temperatures on tree growth. As the climateresponse of the studied forest is comparable with that of F. sylvatica forests in other southern European regions, it is possible that this growth decline is a more widespread phenomenon. Warming temperatures may lead to a rapid decline in the growth of rangeedge populations and a consequent retreat of the species distribution in southern Europe. Assessment of long-term growth trends across the southern range edge of F. sylvatica therefore merits further attention.

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“…Pointer years were identified when the average of the BAIs from the control plot was negative and if at least 75 % of the trees had a BAI reduced by 10 % or more compared with the previous year (Lebourgeois et al 2005). Plot responses were compared through the average of the fixed-effect residual values of each pointer year, the mean fixed-effect residual values of the subsequent year and the mean fixed-effect residual values over the five subsequent years.…”

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“…These dependencies have often been studied separately. The effect of the annual climate on tree radial growth has been widely investigated to gain insight into the autecology of tree species (e.g., Lebourgeois et al 2005) or the drivers of forest dieback (Williams et al 2013). This approach generally neglects the effects of competition on tree growth.…”

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The effects of thinning intensity and tree size on the growth response to annual climate in Cedrus atlantica: a linear mixed modeling approach

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Heavy and frequent thinning promotes drought adaptation inPinus sylvestrisforests

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Droughts and their negative effects on forest ecosystems are projected to increase under climate change for many regions. It has been suggested that intensive thinning could reduce drought impacts on established forests in the short-term. Most previous studies on the effect of thinning on drought impacts, however, have been confined to single forest sites. It is therefore still unclear how general and persisting the benefits of thinning are. This study assesses the potential of thinning to increase drought tolerance of the wide spread Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in Central Europe. We hypothesized (1) that increasing thinning intensity benefits the maintenance of radial growth of crop trees during drought (resistance) and its recovery following drought, (2) that those benefits to growth decrease with time elapsed since the last thinning and with stand age, and (3) that they may depend on drought severity as well as water limitations in pre- and post-drought periods. To test these hypotheses, we assessed the effects of thinning regime, stand age, and drought severity on radial growth of 129 Scots pine trees during and after drought events in four long-term thinning experiments in Germany. We found that thinning improved the recovery of radial growth following drought and to a lesser extent the growth resistance during a drought event. Growth recovery following drought was highest after the first thinning intervention and in recently and heavily thinned stands. With time since the last thinning, however, this effect decreased and could even become negative when compared to unthinned stands. Further, thinning helped to avoid an age-related decline in growth resistance (and recovery) following drought. The recovery following drought, but not the resistance during drought, was related to water limitations in the drought period. This is the first study that analyzed drought-related radial growth in trees of one species across several stands of different age. The interaction between thinning intensity and time since the last thinning underline the importance to distinguish between short- and long-term effects of thinning. According to our analysis, only thinning regimes, with relatively heavy and frequent thinning interventions would increase drought tolerance in pine stands.

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Climate-tree-growth relationships of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the French Permanent Plot Network (RENECOFOR)

Cited by 239 publications

References 37 publications

Rapid climate change‐related growth decline at the southern range edge of Fagus sylvatica

Rapid climate change‐related growth decline at the southern range edge of Fagus sylvatica

The effects of thinning intensity and tree size on the growth response to annual climate in Cedrus atlantica: a linear mixed modeling approach

Heavy and frequent thinning promotes drought adaptation inPinus sylvestrisforests

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