Climate-tree-growth relationships of Scots pine stands (

Oberhuber, Walter; Stumböck, Max; Kofler, Werner

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“…Our re sults suggest that the relationship could be even reversed considering an increase in warming conditions. A key role of low temperatures at the boreal limit (as well as at the altitudinal -Grace 1988) and of water availability in the southern part of the range (Oberhuber et al 1998) is confirmed by our regional analysis. The sites considered encompass much of the natural range of the species in western Europe (Boratynski 1991), covering a wide interval of latitude, temperature and water availability (Tab.…”

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Growth patterns of Pinus sylvestris across Europe: a functional analysis using the HYDRALL model

Magnani¹,

Nolè²,

Ripullone³

et al. 2009

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Growth patterns of Pinus sylvestris across Europe: a functional analysis using the HYDRALL model

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“…Scots pine enlargement kinetics appeared partly decoupled, as the durations were not adequately extended to completely buffer the reduced rates, ergo there was not enough time to fully enlarge the tracheids, resulting in a negative impact on cell size even at the start of the growing season. Furthermore, the moderated cell production rate and the atypical accumulation of incomplete cells in the enlargement reservoir, which was depleted as soon as the soil water conditions improved, emphasize the drought effect on cell enlargement and the climate sensitivity of Scots pine, especially in response to spring water status (Oberhuber et al 1998;Cuny et al 2013; Figure S1). Silver fir radial growth at higher elevations was less disturbed, probably due to later growth onset and better site conditions during the hot drought.…”

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The 2018 hot drought pushed conifer wood formation to the limit of its plasticity: Consequences for woody biomass production and tree ring structure

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Hot droughts are expected to increase in Europe and disturb forest ecosystem functioning. Wood formation of trees has the potential to adapt to those events by compensatory mechanisms between the rates and durations of tracheid differentiation to form the typical pattern of vital wood anatomical structures.• We monitored xylogenesis and measured wood anatomy of mature silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees along an elevational gradient in the Black Forest during the hot drought year of 2018. We assessed the kinetics of tracheid differentiation and the final tracheid dimensions and quantified the relationship between rates and durations of cell differentiation over the growing season.• Cell differentiation kinetics were decoupled, and temperature and water availability signals were imprinted in the tree ring structure. The sudden decline in woody biomass production provided evidence for a disruption in carbon sequestration processes due to heat and drought stress. Growth processes of Scots pine (pioneer species) were mainly affected by the spring drought, whereas silver fir (climax species) growth processes were more disturbed by the summer drought.• Our study provides novel insights on the plasticity of wood formation and carbon allocation in temperate conifer tree species in response to extreme climatic events.

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“…The drought stress shown by the negative correlation between diameter increment and average temperature of both the actual and preceding vegetation period was one of the main environmental stresses affecting the tree growth. Comparing other studies from the Mediterranean environment, from the Alps and from the boreal regions (Augustaitis et al 2007;Oberhuber et al 1998;Bogino et al 2019) drought is a determining factor in the radial growth of Scots pine also in Central European conditions. Similarly, in northeast lowlands of Brandenburg (Germany), for the needle production of Scots pine both autumn precipitation of the previous year and summer precipitation are important predictors, whereas temperature seems to have a minor impact on needle parameters (Insinna et al 2007).…”

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Structure, regeneration and growth of Scots pine (<i>Pinus sylvestris</i> L.) stands with respect to changing climate and environmental pollution

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Vacek²,

Bílek³

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(2016). Structure, regeneration and growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands with respect to changing climate and environmental pollution. Silva Fennica vol. 50 no. 4 article id 1564. 21 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.14214/sf.1564. Highlights• Pine forest stands showed positive development of stand structural characteristics related to their diversity, number of regeneration individuals and growth characteristics.• Tree-ring width was positively correlated with precipitation, while it was negatively correlated with temperature in growing seasons.• Mean NO x concentrations showed positive effect on radial growth of pine.• Serious defoliation was caused by SO 2 concentrations and N deposition in combination with extreme climate events. AbstractChanges in the structure and development of managed Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands with respect to changing environmental conditions were set for the period 1979-2015. The study was conducted in conditions of natural pinewoods and pine-oak sites on five permanent research plots (0.25 ha) in Eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic (CR). Studied forest stands showed positive development of stand structural characteristics related to their diversity, number of regeneration individuals and growth characteristics. The standing volume of regularly distributed tree layer in 2015 was in the range of 320-434 m 3 ha -1 , which indicates an increase by 5.9-20.0% over 10 years. Correlation between pine radial increment and the amount of precipitation was generally the strongest one. Positive statistically significant correlation between diameter increment and temperature was demonstrated only for the average March temperature of the current year. Within the CR, study site can be characterised as a medium polluted area both for sulphur and nitrogen, despite this SO 2 concentrations and N deposition in combination with extreme climate events caused severe defoliation in pine stands. Conversely, radial growth was positively significantly correlated with mean NO x concentrations. Drought mainly in combination with even medium environmental pollution can further worsen the health status of pine stands in lowland areas of Central Europe. Thus, formulation of silvicultural techniques able to mitigate the impact of these stress factors is needed.

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Climate-tree-growth relationships of Scots pine stands (

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Growth patterns of Pinus sylvestris across Europe: a functional analysis using the HYDRALL model

Growth patterns of Pinus sylvestris across Europe: a functional analysis using the HYDRALL model

The 2018 hot drought pushed conifer wood formation to the limit of its plasticity: Consequences for woody biomass production and tree ring structure

Structure, regeneration and growth of Scots pine (<i>Pinus sylvestris</i> L.) stands with respect to changing climate and environmental pollution

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