REsource INFrastructure for monitoring and adapting European Atlantic FORests under Changing climatE (REINFFORCE): Establishing a network of arboretums and demonstration sites to assess damages caused by biotic and abiotic factors

Prieto-Recio, Cristina; Bravo, F.; Díez, Julio Javier

doi:10.5897/jaerd12.060

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“…REINFFORCE was the first large-scale European experiment to assess the performance of tree species across a large environmental gradient. The experiment, which was started in 2012, focuses on the climatic suitability of 33 native and non-native tree species (with 114 seed sources) along the Atlantic rim from Portugal to the British Isles (Prieto-Recio et al, 2011;Correia et al, 2018;Reynolds et al, 2021). In the UK, REINFFORCE was complemented by the Forest Research trial.…”

Section: Common Garden Experiments In Europementioning

confidence: 99%

The Swiss common garden network: testing assisted migration of tree species in Europe

Streit,

Brang,

Frei

2024

Front. For. Glob. Change

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A warmer climate with drier summers will affect the suitability of tree species in their current range in most of Europe. To preserve ecosystem services in the future, many European countries are looking for tree species adapted to the expected future climate and are setting up trials to test them in different environments. In collaboration with forest practitioners and federal and regional authorities, we have established a network of 57 common gardens across large environmental gradients in Switzerland. Over a period of 30 to 50 years, the vitality, growth and survival of 18 tree species from 117 seed sources will be monitored to develop tree species recommendations for forest managers. In this article, we outline the considerations, challenges and trade-offs involved in designing this experiment, as well as the participatory process with a variety of stakeholders, from local foresters to the Federal Office for the Environment. Further, we list experiments testing multiple species on multiple sites in Europe and compare experimental designs, tree species and environmental gradients. The Swiss common garden network complements other European experiments and broadens the potential network by extending the covered environmental gradients to colder and moister conditions. Such targeted assisted migration trials are key to promoting tree species that can cope with the future climate and can help us to foster forest ecosystems that can adapt to rapidly changing climates.

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Section: Common Garden Experiments In Europementioning

confidence: 99%

The Swiss common garden network: testing assisted migration of tree species in Europe

Streit,

Brang,

Frei

2024

Front. For. Glob. Change

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“…57 The research questions and projects of which arboreta are becoming a part, seem to be of an increasingly national and international nature over time (Supplementary table 2). Where arboreta were mainly used in the early 20th century to select suitable commercial or amenity planting species, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, they have been effectively used in biosecurity research globally as well as in climate change research, such as the REINFFORCE network 58 across Europe.…”

Section: Arboreta In Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%