New insights in the modeling and simulation of tree and stand level variables in Mediterranean mixed forests in the present context of climate change

Abstract

DISCUSSION 6.1. Potential climatic influence on maximum stand carrying capacity of Mediterranean forests 6.1.1. Basic MSDRs and SDImax reference values 6.1.2. Climatic drivers influencing MSDR and SDImax 6.2. Tree productivity variation in mixed forest along a gradient of different climatic and competition conditions 6.2.1. Basal area increment response to competition. Emerging biological interactions between species in mixed forests 6.2.2. Basal area increment response to aridity 6.3. Tree allometry variation in mixed forest along a gradient of different climatic and species mixing conditions 6.3.1. Total tree height response to species mixing proportions 6.3.2. Total tree height response to aridity 6.4. CO2 yield and growth simulation in pure and mixed stands for the 2000-2100 period under different climate change scenarios 6.4.1. Total CO2 yield in pure and mixed stands of Pinus sylvestris in Spain 6.4.2. CO2 growth under different SSPs for the 2000-2100 period CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONES