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Species mixing effects on forest productivity : A case study at stand-, species- and tree-level in the Netherlands / Huicui Lu in Forests, vol 9 n° 11 (November 2018)  

Public [article]  inForests > vol 9 n° 11 (November 2018) Titre : Species mixing effects on forest productivity : A case study at stand-, species- and tree-level in the Netherlands Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Huicui Lu, Auteur ; Godefridus M.J. Mohren, Auteur ; Miren del Río, Auteur ; Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] arbre (flore) [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] espèce végétale [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] modèle empirique [Termes IGN] Pays-Bas [Termes IGN] peuplement forestier [Termes IGN] peuplement mélangé [Termes IGN] productivité [Termes IGN] surface terrière [Vedettes matières IGN] Sylviculture Résumé : (Auteur) Many monoculture forests have been converted to mixed-species forests in Europe over the last decades. The main reasons for this conversion were probably to increase productivity, including timber production, and enhance other ecosystem services, such as conservation of biodiversity and other nature values. This study was done by synthesizing results from studies carried out in Dutch mixed forests compared with monoculture stands and evaluating them in the perspective of the current theory. Then we explored possible mechanisms of higher productivity in mixed stands, in relation to the combination of species, stand age and soil fertility, and discussed possible consequences of forest management. The study covered five two-species mixtures and their corresponding monoculture stands from using long-term permanent forest plots over multiple decades as well as two inventories (around 2003 and 2013) across the entire Netherlands. These forest plot data were used together with empirical models at total stand level, species level and tree level. Overyielding in Douglas-fir–beech and pine–oak mixtures was maintained over time, probably owing to the intensive thinning and was achieved on the poorer soils. However, this overyielding was not always driven by fast-growing light-demanding species. On individual tree level, intra-specific competition was not necessarily stronger than inter-specific competition and this competitive reduction was less seen at lower soil fertility and dependent on species mixtures. Moreover, size-asymmetric competition for light was more associated with tree basal area growth than size-symmetric competition for soil resources. Overall, this study suggests a substantial potential of species mixing for increasing productivity and implies developing forest management strategies to convert monospecific forests to mixed-species forests that consider the complementarity in resource acquisition of tree species. Numéro de notice : A2018-628 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.3390/f9110713 Date de publication en ligne : 17/11/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/f9110713 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=92958 [article]

Self-thinning in four pine species : an evaluation of potential climate impacts / Pau Brunet-Navarro in Annals of Forest Science, vol 73 n° 4 (December 2016)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > vol 73 n° 4 (December 2016) . - pp 1025 - 1034 Titre : Self-thinning in four pine species : an evaluation of potential climate impacts Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Pau Brunet-Navarro, Auteur ; Frank J. Sterck, Auteur ; Jordi Vayreda, Auteur ; Jordi Martinez-Vilalta, Auteur ; Godefridus M.J. Mohren, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 1025 - 1034 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] auto-éclaircie [Termes IGN] Catalogne (Espagne) [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] diamètre des arbres [Termes IGN] Pinus halepensis [Termes IGN] Pinus mugo subsp. uncinata [Termes IGN] Pinus nigra [Termes IGN] Pinus sylvestris [Termes IGN] variabilité [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (Auteur) Self-thinning lines are species- and climate-specific, and they should be used when assessing the capacity of different forest stands to increase biomass/carbon storage. Context : The capacity of forests to store carbon can help to mitigate the effects of atmospheric CO2 rise and climate change. The self-thinning relationship (average size measure ∼ stand density) has been used to identify the potential capacity of biomass storage at a given density and to evaluate the effect of stand management on stored carbon. Here, a study that shows how the self-thinning line varies with species and climate is presented. Aims : Our main objective is thus testing whether species identity and climate affect the self-thinning line and therefore the potential amount of carbon stored in living biomass. Methods : The Ecological and Forest Inventory of Catalonia was used to calculate the self-thinning lines of four common coniferous species in Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula (Pinus halepensis, Pinus nigra, Pinus sylvestris and Pinus uncinata). Quadratic mean diameter at breast height was chosen as the average size measure. The self-thinning lines were used to predict the potential diameter at a given density and study the effect of environmental variability. Results : Species-specific self-thinning lines were obtained. The self-thinning exponent was consistent with the predicted values of −3/2 and −4/3 for mass-based scaling for all species except P. sylvestris. Species identity and climatic variability within species affected self-thinning line parameters. Conclusion : Self-thinning lines are species-specific and are affected by climatic conditions. These relationships can be used to refine predictions of the capacity of different forest stands to increase biomass/carbon storage. Numéro de notice : A2016--013 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : BIODIVERSITE/FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s13595-016-0585-y En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13595-016-0585-y Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=83859 [article]