Interannual radial growth sensitivity to climatic variations and extreme events in mixed-species and pure forest stands of silver fir and European beech in the Italian Peninsula

Versace, S.; Gianelle, Damiano; Garfì, Vittorio; Battipaglia, Giovanna; Lombardi, Fabio; Marchetti, Marco; Tognetti, Roberto

doi:10.1007/s10342-020-01274-8

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“…This asynchrony could be triggered by species intrinsic response to climate and/or by species interactions. Recent studies indicate that for mixtures of spruce, fir and beech mixing-effects do not change significantly climate-growth relationships (Bosela et al, 2019;Versace et al, 2020), in agreement with abovementioned studies on tree growth response to extreme droughts, suggesting that species interactions do not play a key role.…”

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Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests

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Forest Ecology and Management

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Spruce-fir-beech mixed forests cover a large area in European mountain regions, with high ecological and socioeconomic importance. As elevation-zone systems they are highly affected by climate change, which is modifying species growth patterns and productivity shifts among species. The extent to which associated tree species can access resources and grow asynchronously may affect their resistance and persistence under climate change. Intra-specific synchrony in annual tree growth is a good indicator of species specific dependence on environmental conditions variability. However, little attention has been paid to explore the role of the inter-specific growth asynchrony in the adaptation of mixed forests to climate change. Here we used a database of 1790 treering series collected from 28 experimental plots in spruce-fir-beech mixed forests across Europe to explore how spatio-temporal patterns of the intra-and inter-specific growth synchrony relate to climate variation during the past century. We further examined whether synchrony in growth response to inter-annual environmental fluctuations depended on site conditions. We found that the inter-specific growth synchrony was always lower than the intra-specific synchrony, for both high (inter-annual fluctuations) and low frequency (mid-to long-term)

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Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests

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Hilmers

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“…Recent studies showed that silver fir has a lower sensitivity to summer drought than other coniferous species (Vitali et al 2017;Vitasse et al 2019). This relatively high drought tolerance was also observed in other studies con-ducted on silver fir in southern Italy and mountain environments (e.g., Antonucci et al 2019;Marzialiano et al 2019;Versace et al 2020). Antonucci et al (2019) observed a longer duration of xylem cell production in silver fir in southern sites than in central and northern sites (along the Italian Peninsula).…”

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“…In early summer 2017, the stem diameter at 1.30 m (dbh), total height, and spatial position were measured for trees of all species with a diameter ≥ 7 cm (for a complete description, see Versace et al 2020). In this study, 15 dominant silver fir trees were selected and sampled in each stand, for a total of 90 silver fir trees (Table 2).…”

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Intra-annual density fluctuations in silver fir are triggered by drought conditions

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“…Furthermore, age also impacts wood structure and function ( Rodriguez-Zaccaro et al, 2019 ), fibers ( Lundqvist et al, 2018 ), and wood density ( Sousa et al, 2016 ). However, most of these studies ( Li et al, 2017 ; Ren et al, 2018 ; He et al, 2019 ; Castagneri et al, 2020 ; Huang et al, 2020 ; Tabakova et al, 2020 ; Versace et al, 2020 ; Zenga et al, 2020 ) focused on exploring the effect of exogenous factors on intra-annual wood cell development. Fewer studies ( Rossi et al, 2008 ; Plavcova et al, 2013 ) investigated the effect of endogenous factors on intra-annual wood cell development although they had the non-negligible regulation on the intra-annual wood cell development, especially the effect of age on the intra-annual wood cell development.…”

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A Bimodal Pattern and Age-Related Growth of Intra-Annual Wood Cell Development of Chinese Fir in Subtropical China

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Age plays an important role in regulating the intra-annual changes in wood cell development. Investigating the effect of age on intra-annual wood cell development would help to understand cambial phenology and xylem formation dynamics of trees and predict the growth of trees accurately. Five intermediate trees in each stand (total of 5 stands) in five age groupings of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata Hook.) plantations in subtropical China were monitored on micro-cores collected weekly or biweekly from January to December in 2019. We modeled the dynamics of wood cell development with a mixed effects model, analyzed the age effect on intra-annual wood cell development, and explored the contribution of rate and duration of wood cell development on intra-annual wood cell development. We found a bimodal pattern of wood cell development in all age classes, and no matter the date of peak or the maximal number of cells the bimodal patterns were similar in all age classes. In addition, compared with the older trees, the younger trees had the longest duration of wood cell development because of the later end of wood cell development and a larger number of wood cells. The younger trees had the faster growth rate than the older trees, but the date of the maximal growth rate in older trees was earlier than younger trees, which led to the production of more wood cells in the younger trees. Moreover, we found that the number of cells in wood cell formation was mostly affected by the rate (92%) rather than the duration (8%) of wood cell formation.

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Interannual radial growth sensitivity to climatic variations and extreme events in mixed-species and pure forest stands of silver fir and European beech in the Italian Peninsula

Cited by 14 publications

References 89 publications

Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests

Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests

Intra-annual density fluctuations in silver fir are triggered by drought conditions

A Bimodal Pattern and Age-Related Growth of Intra-Annual Wood Cell Development of Chinese Fir in Subtropical China

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