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T1 Cloud Forest Tree Growth Responses to Climate and Drought Vary by Island and Species in the Macaronesian Region
A1 García López, María Auxiliadora
A1 García Cervigón, Ana I.
A1 Calvo Donate, Victoria
A1 Fernández Palacios, José M.
A1 García Hidalgo, Miguel
A1 Gómez González, Susana
A1 Gouveia, Manuela
A1 Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel
A1 Olano Mendoza, José Miguel
A1 Sánchez Pescador, David
A1 Sangüesa Barreda, Gabriel
A1 Rozas Ortiz, Vicente Fernando
K1 Patrones de circulación
K1 Bosque nuboso
K1 Sequía
K1 Patrones de crecimiento
K1 Años punteros
K1 Resiliencia
AB Aim: Macaronesian cloud forests are insular ecosystems subjected to local environmental variability, but the responses of theirtree species to climate variations have never been studied. Our aim was to assess how the variation in environmental conditionsassociated with the geographical location of several islands in three Macaronesian archipelagos affects the growth patterns anddrought-resistance of the dominant cloud forests trees.Location: Azores, Madeira and Canary archipelagos. Portugal and Spain.Taxon: Lauraceae, Aquifoliaceae, Clethraceae, Oleaceae, Rosaceae and Cupressaceae.Methods: We assessed variations in the radial growth response of 10 cloud forest tree species from 18 populations on 5 is-lands along a geographical gradient in Macaronesia. We quantified the influence of local climatic variables and North AtlanticOscillation (NAO) and East Atlantic Pattern (EA) circulation patterns on tree growth and how drought events affected to theresistance, recovery and resilience indices estimated for these species.Results: Trees from the same island showed similar growth patterns, particularly in islands with marked hydric stress. InMadeira and the Canary Islands, radial growth was mainly determined by water availability, winter NAO negatively affected
PB Wiley
SN 0305-0270
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/78432
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/78432
LA eng
NO Journal of Biogeography, 2025, 52, p. 1-19
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 01-nov-2025