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Título
Early survival and growth plasticity of 33 species planted in 38 arboreta across the European Atlantic area
Autor
Año del Documento
2018
Editorial
MDPI
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Forests, 2018, Vol. 9, Nº. 10, 18 pp.
Résumé
To anticipate European climate scenarios for the end of the century, we explored the climate
gradient within the REINFFORCE (RÉseau INFrastructure de recherche pour le suivi et l’adaptation
des FORêts au Changement climatiquE) arboreta network, established in 38 sites between latitudes
37 and 57 , where 33 tree species are represented. We aim to determine which climatic variables
best explain their survival and growth, and identify those species that are more tolerant of climate
variation and those of which the growth and survival future climate might constrain. We used
empirical models to determine the best climatic predictor variables that explain tree survival and
growth. Precipitation-transfer distance was most important for the survival of broadleaved species,
whereas growing-season-degree days best explained conifer-tree survival. Growth (annual height
increment) was mainly explained by a derived annual dryness index (ADI) for both conifers and
broadleaved trees. Species that showed the greatest variation in survival and growth in response
to climatic variation included Betula pendula Roth, Pinus elliottii Engelm., and Thuja plicata Donn
ex D.Don, and those that were least affected included Quercus shumardii Buckland and Pinus nigra
J.F.Arnold. We also demonstrated that provenance differences were significant for Pinus pinea L., Quercus robur L., and Ceratonia siliqua L. Here, we demonstrate the usefulness of infrastructures along
a climatic gradient like REINFFORCE to determine major tendencies of tree species responding to
climate changes.
Materias (normalizadas)
Cambio climático
Climatic changes
Bosques y Silvicultura - Europa
Clima - Cambios - Europa
Materias Unesco
3106 Ciencia Forestal
2502 Climatología
ISSN
1999-4907
Revisión por pares
SI
Patrocinador
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - PD/BD/52405/2013
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© MDPI
Idioma
eng
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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