Potential impacts of climate change on habitat suitability of <i>Fagus sylvatica</i> L. forests in spain

Río, Sara del; Álvarez-Esteban, Ramón; Cano, Eusébio; Gomes, Carlos J. Pinto; Penas, Ángel

doi:10.1080/11263504.2018.1435572

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“…The annual ombro-evaporation index (Ioe) is of great importance for taxa growing in nemoral and more humid environments especially for species that grow in stratum E2 and E3 and therefore with lower water loss due to evapotranspiration [73][74][75] There is a significant positive correlation between the bioclimatic indices related to annual potential evapotranspiration (PE), summer potential evapotranspiration (PEs), and the aridity index (Iar) [ The annual ombro-evaporation index (Ioe) is of great importance for taxa growing in nemoral and more humid environments especially for species that grow in stratum E2 and E3 and therefore with lower water loss due to evapotranspiration [73][74][75]. Taxa such as Primula acaulis, Daphne laureola subsp.…”

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Bioclimatology, Structure, and Conservation Perspectives of Quercus pyrenaica, Acer opalus subsp. Granatensis, and Corylus avellana Deciduous Forests on Mediterranean Bioclimate in the South-Central Part of the Iberian Peninsula

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The plant variability in the southern Iberian Peninsula consists of around 3500 different taxa due to its high bioclimatic, geographic, and geological diversity. The deciduous forests in the southern Iberian Peninsula are located in regions with topographies and specific bioclimatic conditions that allow for the survival of taxa that are typical of cooler and wetter bioclimatic regions and therefore represent the relict evidence of colder and more humid paleoclimatic conditions. The floristic composition of 421 samples of deciduous forests in the south-central part of the Iberian Peninsula were analyzed. The ecological importance index (IVI) was calculated, where the most important tree species were Quercus pyrenaica, Acer opalus subsp. Granatensis, and Corylus avellana. These species are uncommon in the south-central part of the Iberian Peninsula, forming forests of little extension. An analysis of the vertical distribution of the species (stratum) shows that the majority of the species of stratum 3 (hemicriptophics, camephytes, geophites, and nanophanerophytes) are characteristic of deciduous forests, and their presence is positively correlated with high values of bioclimatic variables related to humidity and presence of water in the soil (nemoral environments), while they are negatively correlated with high values of bioclimatic variables related to high temperatures, evapotranspiration, and aridity. This work demonstrates that several characteristic deciduous forest taxa are more vulnerable to disappearance due to the loss of their nemoral conditions caused by gaps in the tree or shrub canopy. These gaps lead to an increase in evapotranspiration, excess insolation, and a consequent loss of water and humidity in the microclimatic conditions.

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Bioclimatology, Structure, and Conservation Perspectives of Quercus pyrenaica, Acer opalus subsp. Granatensis, and Corylus avellana Deciduous Forests on Mediterranean Bioclimate in the South-Central Part of the Iberian Peninsula

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“…Differences in tree growth rate, wood density, tree water-use efficiency and nutrient availability have been found in recent and long-established F. sylvatica forests in this area (Alfaro-Sánchez et al, 2019;Guerrieri et al, 2021) but whether differences exist in the associated ECM fungi remains unexplored. Fagus sylvatica L. (European beech, hereafter beech) is widely distributed across Europe and Northern Spain and is one of the symbols of the European broadleaved forest, with fundamental importance to European biodiversity, as it has a diverse array of dependent plants, animals and other organisms (Río et al, 2018). The species is very sensitive to soil and atmospheric moisture limitation (e.g.…”

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Land‐use history alters the diversity, community composition and interaction networks of ectomycorrhizal fungi in beech forests

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1. Forests have expanded across Europe over the last centuries as a consequence of farmland (agricultural and pasture) abandonment. Agricultural practices usually increase soil fertility and reduce the diversity and abundance of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi, essential mutualists of many woody species in temperate and Mediterranean forests. The recovery of this biotic interaction after the cessation of human activities is, thus, crucial for the re-establishment of functional forest ecosystems.2. Here we addressed the legacies of past land use and the recovery of the mutualism between ECM fungi and Fagus sylvatica trees in recent beech forests (<50 years) in Northeast Spain. Soil and root samples were collected in six long-established and eight recent beech forests to analyse soil abiotic properties and the ECM fungi associated with beech roots (Illumina DNA metabarcoding of ECM tips).3. Up to 609 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of ECM fungi were identified, with 220 ASVs found in both forest types. Recent forests had a significantly lower soil organic matter and phosphorus content, which had a significant effect on the community structure of ECM fungi in beech roots. Moreover, beech trees in recent forests interacted with less fungal taxa but had a higher relative abundance of Ascomycota. Tarzetta spp. (Ascomycota, Pezizales) and Lactarius blennius (Basidiomycota, Russulales) emerge as the particular taxa associated with recent and long-established forests respectively. 4. More specialized mutualistic networks with a lower species normalized degree were found in recent forests, which might result in a lower quality and resilience of the ECM mutualism. 5.Synthesis. Land-use history modulated the mycorrhizal symbiosis in regenerating beech forests through changes in soil organic matter and nitrogen, which were the main drivers of the differences in fungal community composition and functional types associated with beech trees in recent forests.

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“…Moreover, in Figure 10 the Spanish plot (both sampling depths) is distinct from the other soil samples, with the highest C org content, N:P ratio and EIQS values. The Spanish beech plot is located in the Montseny Natural Park, in Catalonia (north-eastern of Spain), which is the south-western limit of the beech distribution area (Jump et al 2006;del Río et al 2018) and, as such, warmer. In this marginal area for beech growth, the high C org content may support microbial activity (Schloter et al 2018) and, therefore, help trees to withstand stress conditions (Kumar and Verma 2018).…”

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Microbial soil biodiversity in beech forests of European mountains

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Fagus sylvatica is widely distributed across Europe thanks to its high adaptability in a wide variety of soils and climate. Microbial communities are essential for maintaining forest soil quality and are responsible for forest ecosystem functioning; the ability of soil microorganisms to respond to abiotic stressors (e.g. organic carbon losses, water scarcity, temperature changes), is crucial under ongoing environmental changes and also supports tree health. In this study, soil samples were collected from pure beech plots as part of the COST Action project CLIMO to find differences in microbial community characteristics and evaluate the effects of soil properties on microbial communities across altitude, latitude and longitude gradients. Positive relationships were found between organic carbon content and both microbial abundance and dehydrogenase activity. Dehydrogenase and catalase activities were altitude-correlated and microbial activities were longitude-correlated. In the most southern beech plot, microbial community was abundant and displayed high activities. This shows that microbial communities could help tree populations to better adapt to predicted changes in environmental conditions in the future. We suggest that research into forest health and beech performance should also test soil microbial enzymatic activity, in particular under changing climate conditions, to assist in identifying adaptation strategies.

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Potential impacts of climate change on habitat suitability of Fagus sylvatica L. forests in spain

Cited by 31 publications

References 50 publications

Bioclimatology, Structure, and Conservation Perspectives of Quercus pyrenaica, Acer opalus subsp. Granatensis, and Corylus avellana Deciduous Forests on Mediterranean Bioclimate in the South-Central Part of the Iberian Peninsula

Bioclimatology, Structure, and Conservation Perspectives of Quercus pyrenaica, Acer opalus subsp. Granatensis, and Corylus avellana Deciduous Forests on Mediterranean Bioclimate in the South-Central Part of the Iberian Peninsula

Land‐use history alters the diversity, community composition and interaction networks of ectomycorrhizal fungi in beech forests

Microbial soil biodiversity in beech forests of European mountains

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