Radial growth change of temperate tree species in response to altered regional climate and air quality in the period 1901–2008

Kint, Vincent; Aertsen, Wim; Campioli, Matteo; Vansteenkiste, Dries; Delcloo, Andy; Muys, Bart

doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0465-x

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“…The change in beech growth rate, that is an increase from the year 1930 (about +8%) and then a decrease from the 1950-1960s onwards (about −38%), confirms the results of previous studies on tree-growth modeling of beech in Northern Belgium (≈the lowlands) [25,26]. Nitrogen depositions have been related to increased carbon sequestration and productivity in European forests [54,55].…”

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“…However, high nitrogen supply can lead to soil acidification and nutrient imbalances that would eventually alter tree physiology [56,57]. The decrease of beech growth was thus linked to an excess of soil nitrogen in Northern Belgium [25,26], where deposition levels prove to be among the highest in Europe [58]. The critical load of nutrient nitrogen is largely exceeded in Western Europe and Central Europe [59].…”

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“…Data were gathered from previous tree-growth modeling and dendroecological studies [25,26,32,33,44] (Table S1). …”

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“…Furthermore, past changes in silvicultural practices in Belgium were less pronounced in mature stands. We ensured that the selected forests and trees, and the resulting ring-width series met the requirements of being representative of beech growth at the scale of the study region [25,32,46]. In order to ensure maximum continuity in forest management, beech trees were selected from state forests.…”

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“…Two cores [25,26], two bars [32,33] or one disk [44] were extracted at breast height by tree. The tree-rings of each wood sample were measured to the nearest 1/100 mm from pith to bark, and averaged by tree.…”

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Major Changes in Growth Rate and Growth Variability of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Related to Soil Alteration and Climate Change in Belgium

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Global change-particularly climate change, forest management, and atmospheric deposition-has significantly altered forest growing conditions in Europe. The influences of these changes on beech growth (Fagus sylvatica L.) were investigated for the past 80 years in Belgium, using non-linear mixed effects models on ring-width chronologies of 149 mature and dominant beech trees (87-186 years old). The effects of the developmental stage (i.e., increasing tree size) were filtered out in order to focus on time-dependent growth changes. Beech radial growth was divided into a low-frequency signal (=growth rate), mainly influenced by forest management and atmospheric deposition, and into a high-frequency variability («mean sensitivity), mainly influenced by climate change. Between 1930 and 2008, major long-term and time-dependent changes were highlighted. The beech growth rate has decreased by about 38% since the 1950-1960s, and growth variability has increased by about 45% since the 1970-1980s. Our results indicate that (1) before the 1980s, beech growth rate was not predominantly impacted by climate change but rather by soil alteration (i.e., soil compaction and/or nitrogen deposition); and (2) since the 1980s, climate change induced more frequent and intense yearly growth reductions that amplified the growth rate decrease. The highlighted changes were similar in the two ecoregions of Belgium, although more pronounced in the lowlands than in the uplands.

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“…Data were gathered from previous tree-growth modeling and dendroecological studies [25,26,32,33,44] (Table S1). …”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Increasing net ecosystem biomass production of Canada's boreal and temperate forests despite decline in dry climates

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Repeated measurements of tree biomass at field plots describe recovery from disturbances, sampling artifacts, and potential effects of environmental change on forest ecosystems. Challenges in differentiating between intrinsic and extrinsic sources of variation, both in theory and in practice, continue to confound claims of an anthropogenic carbon sink in forest biomass. Here we analyzed observations at 10,307 plots across southern ecozones of Canada to investigate temporal trends in stand-level biomass growth (G), biomass loss due to mortality (M), and net ecosystem biomass production (NEBP) of intact stands. Net extrinsic forcing (F ex ) was expressed by the collective dependence of biomass fluxes on climate anomalies, nitrogen deposition (N), and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (C). Inferences drawn directly from linear mixed-effects model coefficients only reflect the static behavior of the model specifically at field plot locations. We, therefore, defined a dynamic landscape-scale net extrinsic forcing (F ex 0 ), which additionally accounted for potential negative feedback responses to anthropogenic growth enhancement. Simulations were performed over 1501-2012 to estimate F ex 0 . Overall, F ex 0 was positive, suggesting that environmental changes drove a 90% increase in NEBP. The increase in NEBP was confined to wet regions, while the biomass sink in dry regions decreased, suggesting that large expanses of northern forests, historically located near the boundary between wet and dry climates, may be at high risk of decline under continued increases in evaporative demand. These results have important implications for the greenhouse gas balance of Canada's forest sector.

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Radial growth change of temperate tree species in response to altered regional climate and air quality in the period 1901–2008

Cited by 102 publications

References 71 publications

Major Changes in Growth Rate and Growth Variability of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Related to Soil Alteration and Climate Change in Belgium

Major Changes in Growth Rate and Growth Variability of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Related to Soil Alteration and Climate Change in Belgium

Increasing net ecosystem biomass production of Canada's boreal and temperate forests despite decline in dry climates

The INI European Regional Nitrogen Centre: Concepts and Vision

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