Potential risks for European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in a changing climate

Geßler, Arthur; Keitel, Claudia; Kreuzwieser, Jürgen; Matyssek, Rainer; Seiler, W.; Rennenberg, Heinz

doi:10.1007/s00468-006-0107-x

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“…In the context of global climatic changes, predicting less precipitation in summer and higher precipitation in winter contradictory opinions exist whether beech will be adaptable to the enhanced drought stress conditions in the summer months (Gessler et al 2007;Rennenberg et al 2004;Ammer et al 2005). Another effect of the predicted global change is the extending growing season influencing the growth of beech in the future.…”

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DNA sequence variation and development of SNP markers in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

Seifert¹,

Vornam²,

Finkeldey³

2012

Eur J Forest Res

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European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is one of the most important deciduous tree species in Central Europe. The potential of beech to adapt to climate change, higher temperatures, and less precipitation in the summer months is still unknown. Most studies in beech used microsatellite, AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism), or isozyme markers, which have only a restricted potential to analyze adaptation. Only few studies investigated genes probably involved in the adaptation to drought stress and bud phenology in beech. In this study, SNP (single nucleotide polymorphisms) markers were developed in order to analyze adaptation and their technical advantages compared to microsatellites and AFLPs were discussed. Partial sequences of ten candidate genes probably involved in drought stress and/or bud phenology were identified at the genomic level, and SNPs and indels (insertions/deletions) in coding and non-coding regions were analyzed. Plant material was sampled along a precipitation gradient in Germany. In total, 8,145 bp were sequenced and analyzed, 4,038 bp were located in exon and 4,107 bp in intron regions. 63 SNPs and 11 indels were detected, which are differently distributed over the studied gene regions. The nucleotide diversity ranged from 0 to 6.62 (p 9 10 -3 ) and is comparable to other tree species, whereas the mean nucleotide diversity (2.64) for F. sylvatica is comparatively low. These results will help to investigate the genetic basis of drought stress and bud burst and to conduct association mapping in natural populations. Furthermore, the detected SNPs can also be used for population genetic studies.

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DNA sequence variation and development of SNP markers in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

Seifert¹,

Vornam²,

Finkeldey³

2012

Eur J Forest Res

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“…Annex 1 of the "Habitats Directive" (92/43/EEC) lists eight habitat types characterized by beech forests as worthy of conservation. Current threats to beech forest ecosystems include climate change (Gessler et al, 2007;Di Filippo et al, 2012), increased likelihood of drought and fire damage (Piovesan et al, 2008;Ascoli et al, 2013), impact of tourism (Negro et al, 2009;Rolando et al, 2013), habitat loss and fragmentation (Kunstler et al, 2007), grazing by domestic or wild ungulates (Vandenberghe et al, 2007;Olesen and Madsen, 2008) and changes in forest management (Mund and Schulze, 2006;Wagner et al, 2011).…”

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Effects of forest management on ground beetle diversity in alpine beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) stands

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Vacchiano

Berretti

et al. 2014

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…However, the survival of Norway spruce can be increased when growing in mixed-forest (Griess et al 2012). The introduction of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) into coniferous mono-specific stands plays a central role in current forest transition strategies (Geßler et al 2007).…”

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“…However, the long term sustainability of mixed stands depends on factors such as species identity or site conditions that can define the net outcome of mixing different species (Pretzsch et al 2010). In addition, available information on how different species in mixed-forest responds to concurrent biotic interaction under predicted scenarios of climate change, such as the increase of atmospheric CO 2 , is much more limited (Geßler et al 2007;IPCC 2007;Smith et al 2013b).…”

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Response of Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies to the interactive effect of neighbor identity and enhanced CO2 levels

Rolo

Andivia

Pokorný

2015

Trees

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Enhanced levels of CO 2 affected both the nutrition and morphology of both species. The effect of interspecific competition was dependent on the species identity but not on the CO 2 level. AbstractThe interest in adaptive forest strategies to overcome predicted scenarios of climate change is increasing worldwide. An example of these strategies is the introduction of native species into mono-specific plantations. However, to fully consider this option/strategy, a higher understanding of the responses of forest tree species to concurrent biotic and abiotic factors is needed. The aim of the present study was to assess nutritional and morphological adjustments of individuals of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) growing at enhanced levels of CO 2 and with different proportions of con-specific individuals in its vicinity.Individuals that grew at elevated CO 2 levels showed higher values of relative growth rate (RGR), total twig dry biomass and root biomass, and lower values of leaf area ratio, leaf N and Mg concentrations and soil nutrient concentrations. Individuals of Norway spruce growing in the vicinity of high proportions of European beech showed a reduction in the allocation of biomass to foliar tissue and lower values of RGR and root biomass. European beech, by contrast, showed a limited response to Norway spruce presence and higher capacity in the exploitation of space both above-and belowground. In conclusion, the lower response of European beech to both environmental factors suggests that the introduction of European beech into Norway spruce stands could be a feasible option in current forest transition strategies.

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Potential risks for European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in a changing climate

Cited by 403 publications

References 77 publications

DNA sequence variation and development of SNP markers in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

DNA sequence variation and development of SNP markers in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

Effects of forest management on ground beetle diversity in alpine beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) stands

Response of Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies to the interactive effect of neighbor identity and enhanced CO2 levels

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