Differing growth responses to climatic variations and soil water deficits of Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris in a temperate forest

Michelot, Alice; Bréda, Nathalie; Damesin, Claire; Dufrêne, Éric

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.024

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“…The effect of autumn and winter climatic factors on the formation of carbohydrate storage has been proven repeatedly (Lebourgeois et al, 2004;Cedro, 2007;Doležal et al, 2010;Petráš and Mecko, 2011;Michelot et al, 2012). In the area we studied, we mainly found an effect of the January climate: negative correlations were found for temperatures (mean, maximum, and minimum) and vapor pressure deficit; positive correlations were found for relative moisture and relative saturation of the soil profile in the top 40 cm.…”

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“…In the area we studied, we mainly found an effect of the January climate: negative correlations were found for temperatures (mean, maximum, and minimum) and vapor pressure deficit; positive correlations were found for relative moisture and relative saturation of the soil profile in the top 40 cm. A high negative correlation between low temperatures in January and radial growth, measured by tree-ring width or earlywood growth, of sessile oak was also recorded in France (Becker et al, 1994;Lebourgeois et al, 2004;Michelot et al, 2012).…”

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“…Some of the characteristics also manifested significant correlations in July, August, and September ( Table 3). The significant positive effect of precipitation in May and June has also been proven by a number of European dendroclimatological and xylogenetic studies dealing with the sessile oak in France (Becker et al, 1994;Lebourgeois et al, 2004;Mérian et al, 2011;Michelot et al, 2012), Romania (Popa et al, 2013), Germany (Friedrichs et al, 2009), Slovakia (Petráš andMecko, 2011), Poland (Cedro, 2007;Bronisz et al, 2012), and Moravia, Czech Republic (Doležal et al, 2010). The negative effect of June (or July) temperatures has also been demonstrated repeatedly (Doležal et al, 2010;Mérian et al, 2011;Petráš and Mecko, 2011;Michelot et al, 2012).…”

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“…If a large part of earlywood tracheids from the previous year are embolized by winter frosts, the production of new tracheids is necessary, even before foliage, for spring renewal of the hydraulic conductivity. This ecophysiological model explains why earlywood growth in oak is generally less sensitive to exogenous factors, such as climatic factors, while latewood is much more sensitive (Bergès et al, 2008;Michelot et al, 2012). One promising indicator of the climatic effects on sites with mild humidity in which radial increment is not controlled by a limiting factor, at least in regard to earlywood, is not tree-ring width but, rather, tracheid width (Fonti and García-González, 2008).…”

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“…The effects of the climate characteristics of the previous growing season on tree-ring formation has been shown considerably fewer times than the effects of autumn and winter, and existing studies have so far reported influence of August temperatures and precipitation (Petráš and Mecko, 2011;Michelot et al, 2012). We observed a response to the climatic characteristics of July of the previous year: negative correlations were found for temperatures (mean and maximum) and vapor pressure deficit; positive correlations were found for relative humidity, month SPI and SPEI.…”

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Unraveling climatic effects on growth of oak -Europe's most ecologically and economically important forest species -has been the subject of many recent studies; however, more insight based on field data is necessary to better understand the relationship between climate and tree growth and to adapt forest management strategies to future climate change. In this report, we explore the influence of temperature, precipitation and drought variability on the productivity and vitality of oak stands in the Czech Highlands. We collected 180 cores from mature oaks (Quercus petraea) at four forest stands in the Czech Drahany Highlands. Standard dendro-methods were used for sample preparation, ring width measurements, cross-dating, chronology development, and the assessment of growth-climate response patterns. Crown vitality was also evaluated, using the modified ICP Forests methodology. Late spring precipitation totals between May and June as well as the mean July temperature for the year of ring formation were found to be the most important factors for oak growth, whereas crown condition was significantly affected by spring and summer drought. This study is representative for similar bio-ecological habitats across Central Europe and can serve as a dendroclimatological blueprint for earlier periods for which detailed meteorological information is missing.

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Comparisons of the Performance of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O of Fagus sylvatica, Pinus sylvestris, and Quercus petraea in the Record of Past Climate Variations

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Climate reconstructions in temperate Europe have been widely based on oak species. However, other co‐occurring species, largely distributed in Europe, may be used for recording climate variability. In this paper, we documented the intertrees and interspecies variations over 1960–2007 of oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions in ring cellulose of Fagus sylvatica, Pinus sylvestris, and Quercus petraea co‐occurring in the Fontainebleau forest (France). Our results indicated that large levels of series replication (11 trees on average) were required to generate isotopic mean series representative of the populations. We calculated mean isotopic ratios higher in pine than in the deciduous species and hypothesized that these contrasts resulted from differences in stomatal conductance, phenology, and canopy structure and, for oxygen, also in water uptake depth and isotopic exchange rate. We found that δ18O and δ13C chronologies were significantly correlated to one another in the three species and responded primarily to air moisture and Tmax, which indicated that stomatal conductance was an important driver of changes in both types of records. We determined that the correlations were strong with the May to July climate variables in F. sylvatica and with the July and August ones in Q. petraea and P. sylvestris. We showed that the oxygen records were systematically more coherent than those of carbon. This study demonstrated that δ18O, and to a lesser extent δ13C, from the three different species are reliable proxies for reconstructing past hydroclimatic variations in Europe.

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Resistance and resilience to droughts: hydropedological controls on catchment storage and run‐off response

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Soulsby

2015

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Hydropedological units are of critical importance in modulating catchment response in terms of storage and flux dynamics under changing hydrological conditions. We examined the short-term impacts of an extreme drought on the storage dynamics and runoff response in hydropedological units in a headwater catchment in the Scottish Highlands. These included poorly drained histosols in riparian zones and freely draining podzols on steeper hillslopes. To characterise the storage and runoff dynamics prior to, during, and after the drought period, precipitation, soil moisture, shallow ground water levels, and consequent runoff were monitored and stable water isotopes samples collected. Storage changes in the histosols were remarkably small (<40 mm), compared to those in moorland (~100 mm) and forest (~200mm) covered podzols. Although storage in all soils recovered soon after the drought, this took longest (3-4 months) for the forested podzols. During events, there was consistent threshold behaviour in most hydropedological units and the integrated response at the catchment scale, which was not affected by drying or wetting. The results suggest that during dry periods, large parts of the catchment were disconnected from the river network and runoff was generated mainly from the wet histosols. However, during events, there was an intermittent connection of the hillslopes that recharged the wetland and stream. This contributed to strong recovery and resilience of the catchment in its runoff response. Nevertheless, as future climate projections for northern environments suggest that prolonged dry periods are likely to become more frequent, further work is needed on the potential cumulative or carry over effects of consecutive drier periods.

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Differing growth responses to climatic variations and soil water deficits of Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris in a temperate forest

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Exploring Growth Variability and Crown Vitality of Sessile Oak (Quercus Petraea) in the Czech Republic

Comparisons of the Performance of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O of Fagus sylvatica, Pinus sylvestris, and Quercus petraea in the Record of Past Climate Variations

Resistance and resilience to droughts: hydropedological controls on catchment storage and run‐off response

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Differing growth responses to climatic variations and soil water deficits of Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris in a temperate forest

Cited by 156 publications

References 47 publications

Exploring Growth Variability and Crown Vitality of Sessile Oak (Quercus Petraea) in the Czech Republic

Exploring Growth Variability and Crown Vitality of Sessile Oak (Quercus Petraea) in the Czech Republic

Comparisons of the Performance of δ13C and δ18O of Fagus sylvatica, Pinus sylvestris, and Quercus petraea in the Record of Past Climate Variations

Resistance and resilience to droughts: hydropedological controls on catchment storage and run‐off response

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Comparisons of the Performance of δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O of Fagus sylvatica, Pinus sylvestris, and Quercus petraea in the Record of Past Climate Variations