2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.08.034
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Abstract: Climate, stand structure and local site conditions are potentially important determinants of forest dynamics. Understanding the relative contributions of competition and climate to tree growth is critical to project likely stand development under different climate change scenarios. Further, current competition levels and stand structure may reflect legacies of past forest management. Here, we analyze the effects of climate, site conditions and competition on radial growth in three Scots pine plots located alon… Show more

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“…Climate and competition are the two major drivers that limit tree growth, but competition from neighbours may cause a greater reduction in growth than climate, at least in temperate forests [9,[22][23][24]. However, competition for limiting resources and climatic stress, are interrelated factors [9,23,25]. Dense stands with high competition magnify the effect of extreme weather events (e.g., drought) on growth [20,23,24,26,27].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Climate and competition are the two major drivers that limit tree growth, but competition from neighbours may cause a greater reduction in growth than climate, at least in temperate forests [9,[22][23][24]. However, competition for limiting resources and climatic stress, are interrelated factors [9,23,25]. Dense stands with high competition magnify the effect of extreme weather events (e.g., drought) on growth [20,23,24,26,27].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Stem size (i.e., DBH) was reconstructed using individual tree BAI values and the initial prethinning DBH value. We chose to use a measure of relative density (RD) in lieu of absolute measures of density (e.g., BA or stems/ha) because plots were of mixed-species composition and variation in species composition often confounds the effects of absolute density on growth (Roach 1977;Stout and Nyland 1986). Relative density was calculated as the quotient of stand density index (SDI) (Reineke 1933) during each inventory period and maximum SDI.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is a growing body of literature that describes and quantifies the interacting effects of competition and climate, and drought, in particular, on individual tree growth (e.g., Kohler et al 2010;Martínez-Vilalta et al 2012;Magruder et al 2013;Keyser and Brown 2014;Sánchez-Salguero et al 2015). Thinning increases individual tree growing space and reduces competition for soil moisture (Martín-Benito et al 2010).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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