Four decades of the coexistence of beech and spruce in a Central European old-growth forest. Which succeeds on what soils and why?

Daněk, Pavel; Šamonil, Pavel; Vrška, Tomáš

doi:10.1007/s11104-019-03968-4

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“…The existence of two spatially-explicit disturbance regimes under contrasting soil conditions well corresponds to and extend the studies of Daněk et al [40] and Šamonil et al [41]. The latter focused on the development of tree-populations on different soils within the Boubin forest.…”

Section: Soil-species Drivers Of Wind Mortality Initiate Multiple Disturbance Regimesupporting

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“…While windthrow dynamics represent large-scale processes, bark beetle outbreaks participate in subsequent fine-scale processes. These sites are characteristically represented by terrestrial Albic Podzols in the immediate vicinity of water-affected areas [40]. It may be expected that this ecotone, characterized by substantial dynamics and flexibility, will be strongly affected by climate change accompanied by an abrupt transition in species composition.…”

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“…The distribution of tree populations along a gradient of soil moisture [40] resulted in a selective impact of the Herwart storm on conifers, primarily on Norway spruce. This is in line with Šamonil et al [69], who found mortality rates after severe storms in a Central European old-growth forest of around 18-28% for Picea abies and 6% for Fagus sylvatica.…”

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“…Similarly, Šamonil et al [38] and Valtera et al [39] found extremely short ranges of soil spatial autocorrelation in beech-and spruce-dominated primeval forests. The sources of such high soil variability and diversity and their roles in forest dynamics are unclear [40] and cannot be comprehensively explicated by conventional pedogenetic factors. Šamonil et al [41] proposed that the effect of individual trees triggers such heterogeneity, promoting the occurrence of several disturbance regimes covering different soil units within one forest.…”

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Dead or Alive: Drivers of Wind Mortality Initiate Multiple Disturbance Regime in a Temperate Primeval Mountain Forest

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Kašpar

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The driving forces of tree mortality following wind disturbances of mountain mixed European temperate forests belongs among issues not comprehensively resolved. Hence, we aimed to elucidate the key factors of tree resistance to historical severe disturbance events in the Boubínský Primeval Forest, one of the oldest forest reserves in the Czech Republic. By using spatially explicit tree census, dendrochronological and soil data, we study spatial and temporal patterns of past disturbances and mathematically compared selected characteristics of neighboring trees that were killed by a severe storm in 2017 and those that remained undisturbed. The tendency of trees toward falling was primarily driven edaphically, limiting severe events non-randomly to previously disturbed sites occupied by hydromorphic soils and promoting the existence of two spatially-separated disturbance regimes. While disturbed trees usually recruited in gaps and experienced only one severe release event, surviving trees characteristically regenerated under the canopy and were repeatedly released. Despite the fact that disturbed trees tended to reach both lower ages and dimensions than survivors, they experienced significantly higher growth rates. Our study indicates that slow growth with several suppression periods emerged as the most effective tree strategy for withstanding severe windstorms, dying of senescence in overaged life stage. Despite the selective impact of the Herwart storm on conifer population, we did not find any difference in species sensitivity for most characteristics studied. We conclude that the presence of such ancient, high-density wood trees contributes significantly to the resistance of an entire stand to severe storms.

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Section: Soil-species Drivers Of Wind Mortality Initiate Multiple Disturbance Regimesupporting

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Section: Soil-species Drivers Of Wind Mortality Initiate Multiple Disturbance Regimementioning

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“…This is exemplified by the trend of beech expansion in central European oldgrowth forests during the past decades (Jaloviar et al 2017). Its share is growing both at the expense of long-term receding fir and at the expense of bark beetle-weakened spruce (Danek & Vrška 2019).…”

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Changes in tree layer and altitudinal distribution of herbaceous species in temperate old-growth forests over 30 years

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Tree Mortality may Drive Landscape Formation: Comparative Study from Ten Temperate Forests

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Four decades of the coexistence of beech and spruce in a Central European old-growth forest. Which succeeds on what soils and why?

Cited by 17 publications

References 64 publications

Dead or Alive: Drivers of Wind Mortality Initiate Multiple Disturbance Regime in a Temperate Primeval Mountain Forest

Dead or Alive: Drivers of Wind Mortality Initiate Multiple Disturbance Regime in a Temperate Primeval Mountain Forest

Changes in tree layer and altitudinal distribution of herbaceous species in temperate old-growth forests over 30 years

Tree Mortality may Drive Landscape Formation: Comparative Study from Ten Temperate Forests

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