Growth responses to climate in a tree-ring network of European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) from the eastern limit of its natural distribution area

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 104-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cătălin-Constantin Roibu ◽  
Ionel Popa ◽  
Andreas Joachim Kirchhefer ◽  
Ciprian Palaghianu
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Ring Network ◽  
Natural Distribution ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L

Bioclimatology of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Eastern Alps: spatial and altitudinal climatic signals identified through a tree-ring network

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1873-1892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Di Filippo ◽  
Franco Biondi ◽  
Katarina Čufar ◽  
Martín de Luis ◽  
Michael Grabner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Ring Network ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L ◽  
Climatic Signals

Spatial and altitudinal bioclimatic zones of the Italian peninsula identified from a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) tree-ring network

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluca Piovesan ◽  
Franco Biondi ◽  
Mauro Bernabei ◽  
Alfredo Di Filippo ◽  
Bartolomeo Schirone
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Ring Network ◽  
Italian Peninsula ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L

scholarly journals How Does Radial Growth of Water-Stressed Populations of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Trees Vary under Multiple Drought Events?

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Tamalika Chakraborty ◽  
Albert Reif ◽  
Andreas Matzarakis ◽  
Somidh Saha
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Tree Growth ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Canopy Openness ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Neighborhood Competition

European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees are becoming vulnerable to drought, with a warming climate. Existing studies disagree on how radial growth varies in European beech in response to droughts. We aimed to find the impact of multiple droughts on beech trees’ annual radial growth at their ecological drought limit created by soil water availability in the forest. Besides, we quantified the influence of competition and canopy openness on the mean basal area growth of beech trees. We carried out this study in five near-natural temperate forests in three localities of Germany and Switzerland. We quantified available soil water storage capacity (AWC) in plots laid in the transition zone from oak to beech dominated forests. The plots were classified as ‘dry’ (AWC < 60 mL) and ‘less-dry’ (AWC > 60 mL). We performed dendroecological analyses starting from 1951 in continuous and discontinuous series to study the influence of climatic drought (i.e., precipitation-potential evapotranspiration) on the radial growth of beech trees in dry and less-dry plots. We used observed values for this analysis and did not use interpolated values from interpolated historical records in this study. We selected six drought events to study the resistance, recovery, and resilience of beech trees to drought at a discontinuous level. The radial growth was significantly higher in less-dry plots than dry plots. The increase in drought had reduced tree growth. Frequent climatic drought events resulted in more significant correlations, hence, increased the dependency of tree growth on AWC. We showed that the recovery and resilience to climatic drought were higher in trees in less-dry plots than dry plots, but it was the opposite for resistance. The resistance, recovery, and resilience of the trees were heterogeneous between the events of drought. Mean growth of beech trees (basal area increment) were negatively impacted by neighborhood competition and positively influenced by canopy openness. We emphasized that beech trees growing on soil with low AWC are at higher risk of growth decline. We concluded that changes in soil water conditions even at the microsite level could influence beech trees’ growth in their drought limit under the changing climate. Along with drought, neighborhood competition and lack of light can also reduce beech trees’ growth. This study will enrich the state of knowledge about the ongoing debate on the vulnerability of beech trees to drought in Europe.

scholarly journals Potential Elevation Shift of the European Beech Stands (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Serbia

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lazar Pavlović ◽  
Dejan Stojanović ◽  
Emina Mladenović ◽  
Milena Lakićević ◽  
Saša Orlović
Keyword(s):  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L
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