Growth variations of Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) under different climatic and environmental conditions in Europe—a dendroecological study

Dittmar, Christoph; Zech, Wolfgang; Elling, Wolfram

doi:10.1016/s0378-1127(01)00816-7

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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et al, 2003;Lebourgeois et al, 2005) and the recent increase in its sensitivity to temperature (A. S. Jump et al, unpublished), the data we present here demonstrate a dramatic growth decline at the LFL related to rising temperatures in the study region over the last half-century.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 comparable fall in BAI reported by Piovesan et al (2005b) suggests that this climate-related decline in the growth of F. sylvatica at the edge of its range in Montseny is not an isolated phenomenon, but may be occurring at the southern range edge of this species elsewhere in Europe. F. sylvatica is an increasingly important species for European forestry (Dittmar et al, 2003) and therefore a highly significant species in terms of carbon sequestration (Bascietto et al, 2004). Recent climatic warming has increased the length of the growing season for many species in the Montseny region (Peñ uelas et al, 2002), suggesting a positive growth response to recent climatic changes might be expected for F. sylvatica.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Brubaker, 1986 and references therein; Takahashi et al, 2001 and references therein; Grace et al, 2002;Makinen et al, 2002;Dittmar et al, 2003). The limitation of growth by drought at the low-altitude, low-latitude range edge may have profound consequences for the persistence of populations where current increases in temperature are not matched by increases in precipitation.…”

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

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2006

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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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“…(Dittmar et al, 2003); validation on an independent dataset (a single stand of beech) and its comparison with a reference chronology (Dittmar et al, 2003) and with a constructed climate reference series, and (iii) indirectly by testing the ability of the new method to reveal visually undetectable micro-rings through microsectioning.…”

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“…European beech was found to have high a potential for dendrochronological studies (Dittmar et al, 2003;Lebourgeois et al, 2005) due to its widespread distribution, sensitivity to climate and longevity (Di Filippo et al, 2007).…”

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Cross-dating tree-ring series of living European beech by isochronic weather records

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Abstract:The main objective of the study is to facilitate cross-dating of sensitive tree-ring series from living European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees in the absence of a regional chronology. The main idea lies in the preliminary dating of marker rings or ring patterns visually identified on the wood (before the ring-width measurements), which is independently validated through a moving correlation between a tentative reference chronology and instrumental climate records (after the ringwidth measurements). Following the detection of low moving correlations, potentially misdated segments or series are re-examined and a new tentative reference chronology is constructed. The process is repeated as long as a higher correlation with climate is obtainable. The applicability of this method was investigated on three difficult-to-date sets of tree-ring series of beech trees which were growing at temperature-or precipitation-sensitive locations in under-canopy or canopy positions. A good ability of the combined method for the cross-dating was practiced on datasets almost impossible to crossdate by commonly used approaches. Highlighting the actual correlation of ring widths with climate in tree-ring series makes the cross-dating process more independent from human decisions, so the combined cross-dating has the potential to improve the reliability of various dendrochronological studies.

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Abiotic Conditions, Flora, Ecosystem Functions and Recent Human Influence

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Ellenberg

2017

Ecology of Central European Forests

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Growth variations of Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) under different climatic and environmental conditions in Europe—a dendroecological study

Cited by 301 publications

References 36 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

Cross-dating tree-ring series of living European beech by isochronic weather records

Abiotic Conditions, Flora, Ecosystem Functions and Recent Human Influence

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