Tree growth response to drought partially explains regional-scale growth and mortality patterns in Iberian forests

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Autoren
  • Antonio Gazol
  • J Julio Camarero
  • Raul Sanchez-Salguero
  • Miguel A Zavala
  • Xavier Serra-Maluquer
  • Emilia Gutierrez
  • Martin de Luis
  • Gabriel Sanguesa-Barreda
  • Klemen Novak
  • Vicente Rozas
  • Pedro A Tiscar
  • Juan C Linares
  • Edurne Martinez del Castillo
  • Montse Ribas
  • Ignacio Garcia-Gonzalez
  • Fernando Silla
  • Alvaro Camison
  • Mar Genova
  • Jose M Olano
  • Ana-Maria Heres
  • Jorge Curiel Yuste
  • Luis A Longares
  • Andrea Hevia
  • J Diego Galvan
  • Paloma Ruiz-Benito
Autoren-URL
https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000788396700001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1002/eap.2589
eISSN
1939-5582
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: 2Q0HE
  • PubMed Identifier: 35333426
ISSN
1051-0761
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
5
Zeitschrift
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Schlüsselwörter
  • basal area increment
  • drought vulnerability
  • mortality
  • national forest inventory
  • Spain
  • stand structure
  • tree growth
Artikelnummer
ARTN e2589
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Status
Published
Titel
Tree growth response to drought partially explains regional-scale growth and mortality patterns in Iberian forests
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  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
32

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Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Tree‐ring data has been widely used to inform about tree growth responses to drought at the individual scale, but less is known about how tree growth sensitivity to drought scales up driving changes in forest dynamics. Here, we related tree‐ring growth chronologies and stand‐level forest changes in basal area from two independent data sets to test if tree‐ring responses to drought match stand forest dynamics (stand basal area growth, ingrowth, and mortality). We assessed if tree growth and changes in forest basal area covary as a function of spatial scale and tree taxa (gymnosperm or angiosperm). To this end, we compared a tree‐ring network with stand data from the Spanish National Forest Inventory. We focused on the cumulative impact of drought on tree growth and demography in the period 1981–2005. Drought years were identified by the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, and their impacts on tree growth by quantifying tree‐ring width reductions. We hypothesized that forests with greater drought impacts on tree growth will also show reduced stand basal area growth and ingrowth and enhanced mortality. This is expected to occur in forests dominated by gymnosperms on drought‐prone regions. Cumulative growth reductions during dry years were higher in forests dominated by gymnosperms and presented a greater magnitude and spatial autocorrelation than for angiosperms. Cumulative drought‐induced tree growth reductions and changes in forest basal area were related, but initial stand density and basal area were the main factors driving changes in basal area. In drought‐prone gymnosperm forests, we observed that sites with greater growth reductions had lower stand basal area growth and greater mortality. Consequently, stand basal area, forest growth, and ingrowth in regions with large drought impacts was significantly lower than in regions less impacted by drought. Tree growth sensitivity to drought can be used as a predictor of gymnosperm demographic rates in terms of stand basal area growth and ingrowth at regional scales, but further studies may try to disentangle how initial stand density modulates such relationships. Drought‐induced growth reductions and their cumulative impacts have strong potential to be used as early‐warning indicators of regional forest vulnerability.</jats:p>
Autoren
  • Antonio Gazol
  • J Julio Camarero
  • Raúl Sánchez‐Salguero
  • Miguel A Zavala
  • Xavier Serra‐Maluquer
  • Emilia Gutiérrez
  • Martín de Luis
  • Gabriel Sangüesa‐Barreda
  • Klemen Novak
  • Vicente Rozas
  • Pedro A Tíscar
  • Juan C Linares
  • Edurne Martínez del Castillo
  • Montse Ribas
  • Ignacio García‐González
  • Fernando Silla
  • Álvaro Camison
  • Mar Génova
  • José M Olano
  • Ana‐Maria Hereş
  • Jorge Curiel Yuste
  • Luis A Longares
  • Andrea Hevia
  • J Diego Galván
  • Paloma Ruiz‐Benito
DOI
10.1002/eap.2589
eISSN
1939-5582
ISSN
1051-0761
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
5
Zeitschrift
Ecological Applications
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2022
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Wiley
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2589
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Tree growth response to drought partially explains regional‐scale growth and mortality patterns in Iberian forests
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
32

Data source: Crossref

Abstract
Tree-ring data has been widely used to inform about tree growth responses to drought at the individual scale, but less is known about how tree growth sensitivity to drought scales up driving changes in forest dynamics. Here, we related tree-ring growth chronologies and stand-level forest changes in basal area from two independent data sets to test if tree-ring responses to drought match stand forest dynamics (stand basal area growth, ingrowth, and mortality). We assessed if tree growth and changes in forest basal area covary as a function of spatial scale and tree taxa (gymnosperm or angiosperm). To this end, we compared a tree-ring network with stand data from the Spanish National Forest Inventory. We focused on the cumulative impact of drought on tree growth and demography in the period 1981-2005. Drought years were identified by the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, and their impacts on tree growth by quantifying tree-ring width reductions. We hypothesized that forests with greater drought impacts on tree growth will also show reduced stand basal area growth and ingrowth and enhanced mortality. This is expected to occur in forests dominated by gymnosperms on drought-prone regions. Cumulative growth reductions during dry years were higher in forests dominated by gymnosperms and presented a greater magnitude and spatial autocorrelation than for angiosperms. Cumulative drought-induced tree growth reductions and changes in forest basal area were related, but initial stand density and basal area were the main factors driving changes in basal area. In drought-prone gymnosperm forests, we observed that sites with greater growth reductions had lower stand basal area growth and greater mortality. Consequently, stand basal area, forest growth, and ingrowth in regions with large drought impacts was significantly lower than in regions less impacted by drought. Tree growth sensitivity to drought can be used as a predictor of gymnosperm demographic rates in terms of stand basal area growth and ingrowth at regional scales, but further studies may try to disentangle how initial stand density modulates such relationships. Drought-induced growth reductions and their cumulative impacts have strong potential to be used as early-warning indicators of regional forest vulnerability.
Addresses
  • Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain.
Autoren
  • Antonio Gazol
  • J Julio Camarero
  • Raúl Sánchez-Salguero
  • Miguel A Zavala
  • Xavier Serra-Maluquer
  • Emilia Gutiérrez
  • Martín de Luis
  • Gabriel Sangüesa-Barreda
  • Klemen Novak
  • Vicente Rozas
  • Pedro A Tíscar
  • Juan C Linares
  • Edurne Martínez Del Castillo
  • Montse Ribas
  • Ignacio García-González
  • Fernando Silla
  • Álvaro Camison
  • Mar Génova
  • José M Olano
  • Ana-Maria Hereş
  • Jorge Curiel Yuste
  • Luis A Longares
  • Andrea Hevia
  • J Diego Galván
  • Paloma Ruiz-Benito
DOI
10.1002/eap.2589
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 35333426
Funding acknowledgements
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: RTI2018‐096884‐B‐C31
  • Xunta de Galicia: GRC GI‐1809
  • Fundación BBVA: 2018 Leonardo Grant
  • Xunta de Galicia: PGIDIT06PXIB502262PR
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: RTI2018‐096884‐B‐C3
  • Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii: PN‐III‐P1‐1.1‐TE‐2019‐1099
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación: AGL2017
  • Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria: RTA2006‐00117
Open access
false
ISSN
1051-0761
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
5
Zeitschrift
Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America
Schlüsselwörter
  • Trees
  • Droughts
  • Climate Change
  • Forests
  • Magnoliopsida
Sprache
eng
Medium
Print-Electronic
Online publication date
2022
Paginierung
e2589
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Titel
Tree growth response to drought partially explains regional-scale growth and mortality patterns in Iberian forests.
Sub types
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
32

Data source: Europe PubMed Central

Abstract
Tree-ring data has been widely used to inform about tree growth responses to drought at the individual scale, but less is known about how tree growth sensitivity to drought scales up driving changes in forest dynamics. Here, we related tree-ring growth chronologies and stand-level forest changes in basal area from two independent data sets to test if tree-ring responses to drought match stand forest dynamics (stand basal area growth, ingrowth, and mortality). We assessed if tree growth and changes in forest basal area covary as a function of spatial scale and tree taxa (gymnosperm or angiosperm). To this end, we compared a tree-ring network with stand data from the Spanish National Forest Inventory. We focused on the cumulative impact of drought on tree growth and demography in the period 1981-2005. Drought years were identified by the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, and their impacts on tree growth by quantifying tree-ring width reductions. We hypothesized that forests with greater drought impacts on tree growth will also show reduced stand basal area growth and ingrowth and enhanced mortality. This is expected to occur in forests dominated by gymnosperms on drought-prone regions. Cumulative growth reductions during dry years were higher in forests dominated by gymnosperms and presented a greater magnitude and spatial autocorrelation than for angiosperms. Cumulative drought-induced tree growth reductions and changes in forest basal area were related, but initial stand density and basal area were the main factors driving changes in basal area. In drought-prone gymnosperm forests, we observed that sites with greater growth reductions had lower stand basal area growth and greater mortality. Consequently, stand basal area, forest growth, and ingrowth in regions with large drought impacts was significantly lower than in regions less impacted by drought. Tree growth sensitivity to drought can be used as a predictor of gymnosperm demographic rates in terms of stand basal area growth and ingrowth at regional scales, but further studies may try to disentangle how initial stand density modulates such relationships. Drought-induced growth reductions and their cumulative impacts have strong potential to be used as early-warning indicators of regional forest vulnerability.
Date of acceptance
2021
Autoren
  • Antonio Gazol
  • J Julio Camarero
  • Raúl Sánchez-Salguero
  • Miguel A Zavala
  • Xavier Serra-Maluquer
  • Emilia Gutiérrez
  • Martín de Luis
  • Gabriel Sangüesa-Barreda
  • Klemen Novak
  • Vicente Rozas
  • Pedro A Tíscar
  • Juan C Linares
  • Edurne Martínez Del Castillo
  • Montse Ribas
  • Ignacio García-González
  • Fernando Silla
  • Álvaro Camison
  • Mar Génova
  • José M Olano
  • Ana-Maria Hereş
  • Jorge Curiel Yuste
  • Luis A Longares
  • Andrea Hevia
  • J Diego Galván
  • Paloma Ruiz-Benito
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35333426
DOI
10.1002/eap.2589
ISSN
1051-0761
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
5
Zeitschrift
Ecol Appl
Schlüsselwörter
  • Spain
  • basal area increment
  • drought vulnerability
  • mortality
  • national forest inventory
  • stand structure
  • tree growth
  • Climate Change
  • Droughts
  • Forests
  • Magnoliopsida
  • Trees
Sprache
eng
Country
United States
Paginierung
e2589
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Status
Published
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2022
Titel
Tree growth response to drought partially explains regional-scale growth and mortality patterns in Iberian forests.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
32

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