Size-mediated climate–growth relationships in temperate forests: A multi-species analysis

Mérian, Pierre; Lebourgeois, François

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.019

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“…Conversely, the reported increase in the relative annual sensitivity of growth (quantified by the Gini coefficient) of the two dominant crown classes highlights a different functional response to climate of dominant trees, regardless of the thinning treatment. The literature reports contradictory results regarding the crown class modulation of the tree growth responses to annual climate: certain studies report suppressed trees to be more sensitive to rainfall variability (De Luis et al 2009;Olivar et al 2013), whereas others report a greater sensitivity of the dominant trees, in line with our results (Martín-Benito et al 2008;Mérian and Lebourgeois 2011). Performing a multispecies analysis along a wide climatic gradient, Mérian and Lebourgeois (2011) reported that larger trees of shade-tolerant species, such as C. atlantica, were significantly more sensitive to summer drought than smaller trees.…”

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“…As a consequence, several important aspects of management impact on forest functioning were overlooked: (i) the short-and medium-term effects of thinning, (ii) the cumulative effect of successive thinning and (iii) the prospective analysis of the effect of thinning intensities beyond the current guidelines. Moreover, most of the previous studies focused on the growth response of dominant trees, which is not always representative of the functioning of the entire stand (De Luis et al 2009;Mérian and Lebourgeois 2011). Conversely, annual size surveys allow the competition intensity to be quantified yearly, along with the assessment of the effect of social position on the tree growth responses.…”

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The effects of thinning intensity and tree size on the growth response to annual climate in Cedrus atlantica: a linear mixed modeling approach

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Annals of Forest Science

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The effects of thinning intensity and tree size on the growth response to annual climate in Cedrus atlantica: a linear mixed modeling approach

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Annals of Forest Science

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“…in the Romanian Carpathians, Fagus sylvatica L. in France, Pinus tabulaeformis Carrière on the semi-arid Chinese Loess Plateau, and Abies georgei var. smithii in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau [11,[71][72][73][74].…”

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Age-Effect Radial Growth Responses of Picea schrenkiana to Climate Change in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China

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Abstract:The climate changed from warm-dry to warm-wet during the 1960s in northwest China. However, the effects of climate change on the response of radial growth from different age-class trees have been unclear. We assessed the age-effect radial growth responses in three age-classes (ml-old: ≥200 years, ml-middle: 100-200 years and ml-young: <100 years) of Schrenk spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.) in the eastern Tianshan Mountains. The primary conclusions were as follows: the developed chronologies of the three age-class trees contained significant climate information and exhibited high similarity as shown by calculating the statistical parameter characteristics and Gleichlaufigkeit index. The three age-class trees were consistent for annual variation trends of radial growth under climate change, showing similar fluctuations, tree-ring width chronology trends, time trends of cumulative radial growth, and basal area increment. In addition, the old and middle trees were found to be more sensitive to climate variability by analyzing Pearson correlations between radial growth from three age-class trees and climate factors. As a result, the drought caused by reduced total precipitation and higher mean temperature was a limiting factor of tree radial growth, and the trees with ages of up to 100 years were more suitable for studies on the growth-climate relationships. Thus, the studies on age-effect radial growth responses of Schrenk spruce can help not only in understanding the adaptive strategies of different-age trees to climate change, but also provide an accurate basis for climate reconstruction.

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“…Bar dimensions are 110 more practical than disks for sample preparation; moreover, in comparison with cores, their 111 higher area improves ring delineation and overall measurement quality. We ensured that the 112 selection criteria of sites and trees (Mérian and Lebourgeois, 2011a;Mérian et al, 2013) and 113 the resulting tree-ring series (Mérian and Lebourgeois, 2011b) met the requirements for being 114 representative of beech growth at the scale of the study region. 115…”

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Increased tree-growth synchronization of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in response to climate change in northwestern Europe

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Please cite this article as: Latte, N., Lebourgeois, F., Claessens, H.,Increased tree-growth synchronization of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in response to climate change in northwestern Europe, Dendrochronologia (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro. 2015.01.002 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. responded to climate change, we selected 12 sites (137 trees) with optimal growing conditions 20 along a W−E altitudinal gradient (67-590 m) in Belgium. We evaluated temporal changes in 21 growth response to climate by using pointer year analysis, moving mean sensitivities (1860-22 2011), and moving bootstrapped correlation coefficients . The strongest driving 23 climatic variables were identified by using the partial least squares method. 24The common patterns of growth trends, pointer years, and mean sensitivities among sites 25 provided evidences for the impact of environmental changes operating at a regional scale. The 26 results of growth-climate analysis indicated that these changes were strongly influenced by 27 the climatic conditions of the previous year. The climate sensitivity of beech increased 28 progressively in response to more frequent and intense heat waves and warming-related 29 droughts, especially during recent decades, leading to remarkable inter-site synchronization. 30The changes were much more pronounced for sites located in lowlands (<300 m). The 31 differences in growth responses along the altitudinal gradient and the consequences of 32 warming for beech growth and physiology are discussed. 33

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Size-mediated climate–growth relationships in temperate forests: A multi-species analysis

Cited by 159 publications

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The effects of thinning intensity and tree size on the growth response to annual climate in Cedrus atlantica: a linear mixed modeling approach

The effects of thinning intensity and tree size on the growth response to annual climate in Cedrus atlantica: a linear mixed modeling approach

Age-Effect Radial Growth Responses of Picea schrenkiana to Climate Change in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China

Increased tree-growth synchronization of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in response to climate change in northwestern Europe

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