scholarly journals The Impact of Windstorm Damage in the Assessment of the Carbon Balance in Even-Aged Fagus sylvatica L. Stands

Forests ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 784-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Fortin ◽  
Axel Albrecht ◽  
Ulrich Kohnle ◽  
François Ningre
Keyword(s):  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Carbon Balance ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L ◽  
The Impact

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 Assessing the Impact of Canopy Structure Simplification in Common Multilayer Models on Irradiance Absorption Estimates of Measured and Virtually Created Fagus sylvatica (L.) Stands

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1009-1027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Biliouris ◽  
Dimitry Van der Zande ◽  
Willem Verstraeten ◽  
Bart Muys ◽  
Pol Coppin
Keyword(s):  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Canopy Structure ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L ◽  
Structure Simplification ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Impact of Adverse Weather and Climate on the Width of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Tree Rings in Southeastern Europe

Atmosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Stjepanović ◽  
Bratislav Matović ◽  
Dejan Stojanović ◽  
Branislava Lalić ◽  
Tom Levanič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Tree Rings ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Deciduous Tree ◽  
Beech Forests ◽  
Adverse Weather ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L ◽  
The Impact

European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is the most important deciduous tree species in Europe. According to different climate scenarios, there is a relatively high probability of a massive decline in and loss of beech forests in southern Europe and in the southern part of central Europe. Thus, the authors of this study explored the dynamics of tree diameter increments and the influence of extremely dry years on the width of tree rings. This study used dendroecological methods to analyze the growth and diameter increments of European beech trees at locations in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. The sampling was conducted along the vertical distribution of beech forests, at five sites at the lower limit of the distribution, at five optimal sites of the distribution, and at five sites at the upper limit of the distribution. Long-term analyses indicate that dry conditions during a growing season can reduce tree-ring width, but a reduction in tree growth can be expected as a result of more than one season of unfavorable conditions. Low temperatures in autumn and winter and prolonged winters can strongly affect upcoming vegetation and reduce tree development even under normal thermal conditions during a growing season.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Rare Earths and associated major and trace elements during Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) litter degradation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Montemagno ◽  
Christophe Hissler ◽  
Victor Bense ◽  
Adriaan J. Teuling ◽  
Johanna Ziebel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Solution ◽  
Pseudotsuga Menziesii ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Litter Degradation ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ree Patterns

Abstract. Given the diverse physico-chemical properties of elements, we hypothesize that their incoherent distribution across the leaf tissues, combined with the distinct resistance to degradation that each tissue exhibits, leads to distinct turnover rates between elements. Moreover, litter layers of different ages produce diverse chemical signatures in solution during the wet degradation. To verify our hypothesis, Na, K, Mg, Mn, Ca, Pb, Al and Fe were analysed together with the Rare Earth Elements (REE) in the solid fractions and in the respective leachates of fresh leaves and different humus layers of two forested soils developed under Pseudotsuga menziesii and Fagus sylvatica L. trees. The results from the leaching experiment were also compared to the in situ REE composition of the soil solutions to clarify the impact that the litter degradation processes may have on soil solution chemical compositions. Our results clearly show that REE, Al, Fe and Pb were preferentially retained in the solid litter material, in comparison to the other cations, and that their concentrations increased over time during the litter degradation. Accordingly, different litter fractions produced different yields of elements and REE patterns in the leachates, indicating that the tree species and the age of the litter play a role in the chemical release during the degradation. In particular, the evolution of the REE patterns according to the age of the litter layers allowed us to deliver new findings on REE fractionation and mobilization during litter degradation. In particular, the LaN/YbN ratio highlights differences in litter degradation intensity between both tree species, which was not shown with major cations. We finally showed the primary control effect that litter degradation can have on the REE composition of the soil solution, which presents a positive Ce anomaly associated with the dissolution and/or transportation of Ce-enriched MnO2 particles accumulated onto the surface of the old litter due to white fungi activity. Similar MREE and HREE enrichments were also found in the leachates and the soil solution, probably due to their higher affinity to the organic acids, which represent the primary products from the organic matter degradation.

scholarly journals Identification of stress biomarkers for drought and increased soil temperature in seedlings of European beech (Fagus sylvatica)

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1517-1526
Author(s):  
Milica Popović ◽  
Marco Gregori ◽  
Dominik Vodnik ◽  
Mitja Ferlan ◽  
Tanja Mrak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Glutathione Peroxidases ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L ◽  
Rain Events ◽  
The Impact

Drought is an environmental stress that impacts plant productivity. Projections show both an increase in intense rain events and a reduction in the number of rain days, conditions that leads to increased risk of drought. Consequently, the identification of molecular biomarkers suitable for evaluating the impact of water deprivation conditions on forest plant seedlings is of significant value for monitoring purposes and forest management. In this study, we evaluated a biochemical methodology for the assessment of drought stress coupled with variable soil temperature in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings by analyzing a set of metabolites and enzymes involved in free radical scavenging and cell wall synthesis. The results indicate that the specific activities and isoform profile of superoxide dismutases and glutathione peroxidases together with the variation of phenolic compounds enable discrimination between seedlings with different degrees of photosynthetic activity. This approach represents a promising platform for the assessment of drought stress in forest trees and could serve for enhancing selection and breeding practices, allowing for plants that are more tolerant of abiotic stress.

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