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Climate warming-induced replacement of mesic beech by thermophilic oak forests will reduce the carbon storage potential in aboveground biomass and soil / Jan Kasper in Annals of Forest Science, vol 78 n° 4 (December 2021)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > vol 78 n° 4 (December 2021) . - n° 89 Titre : Climate warming-induced replacement of mesic beech by thermophilic oak forests will reduce the carbon storage potential in aboveground biomass and soil Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Jan Kasper, Auteur ; Robert Weigel, Auteur ; Helge Walentowski, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 89 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] adaptation (biologie) [Termes IGN] biomasse aérienne [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] dépérissement [Termes IGN] écosystème forestier [Termes IGN] écotone [Termes IGN] Europe centrale [Termes IGN] Fagus sylvatica [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] puits de carbone [Termes IGN] Quercus sessiliflora [Termes IGN] Roumanie [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) Key message: Climate-warming related replacement of beech by oak forests in the course of natural forest succession or silvicultural decisions may considerably reduce ecosystem carbon storage of central European woodlands. Context: Climate warming may change the carbon (C) storage in forest biomass and soil through future shifts in tree species composition. With a projected warming by 2–3 K over the twenty-first century, silvicultural adaptation measures and natural succession might lead to the replacement of European beech forests by thermophilic oak forests in drought- and heat-affected regions of central and south-eastern Europe, but the consequences for ecosystem C storage of this species shift are not clear. Aims: To quantify the change in C storage in biomass and soil with a shift from beech (Fagus sylvatica) to oak forest (Quercus petraea, Q. frainetto, Q. cerris), we measured the aboveground biomass (AGC) and soil C pools (SOC). Methods: AGC pools and SOC stocks to − 100 cm depth were calculated from forest inventory and volume-related SOC content data for beech, mixed beech-oak and oak forests in three transects in the natural beech-oak ecotone of western Romania, where beech occurs at its heat- and drought-induced distribution limit. Results: From the cooler, more humid beech forests to the warmer, more xeric oak forests, which are 1–2 K warmer, AGC and SOC pools decreased by about 22% (40 Mg C ha−1) and 20% (17 Mg C ha−1), respectively. The likely main drivers are indirect temperature effects acting through tree species and management in the case of AGC, but direct temperature effects for SOC. Conclusion : If drought- and heat-affected beech forests in Central Europe are replaced by thermophilic oak forests in future, this will lead to carbon losses of ~ 50–60 Mg ha−1, thus reducing ecosystem carbon storage substantially. Numéro de notice : A2021-766 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s13595-021-01081-0 Date de publication en ligne : 15/10/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01081-0 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=98812 [article]

Climate warming predispose sessile oak forests to drought-induced tree mortality regardless of management legacies / Any Mary Petritan in Forest ecology and management, vol 491 (July-1 2021)  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 491 (July-1 2021) . - n° 119097 Titre : Climate warming predispose sessile oak forests to drought-induced tree mortality regardless of management legacies Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Any Mary Petritan, Auteur ; Ion Catalin Petritan, Auteur ; Andrea Hevia, Auteur ; Helge Walentowski, Auteur ; Olivier Bouriaud , Auteur ; Raul Sánchez-Salguero, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Projets : 3-projet - voir note / Article en page(s) : n° 119097 Note générale : bibliographie This work was supported by NEMKLIM project: Nemoral Forests under Climate Extremes (NEMKLIM Project, grant number 3517861300), financed by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany and by project PN 19070506 financed by Romanian National Authority from Scientific Research and Innovation. Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] chênaie [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] Europe centrale [Termes IGN] forêt tempérée [Termes IGN] mortalité [Termes IGN] précipitation [Termes IGN] Quercus sessiliflora [Termes IGN] Roumanie [Termes IGN] sécheresse [Termes IGN] structure d'un peuplement forestier [Termes IGN] température de l'air [Termes IGN] vulnérabilité [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) Climate warming-related drought could become a major driver of large-scale forest dieback. However, little is known about how past management legacies modulate the climate-growth responses during recent dieback episodes in central European oak forests. Here, we examine the role played by past management –unmanaged old-growth vs. managed forests– in recent tree mortality events occurring in Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. stands across large areas of western Romania. We analyze how stand structure (tree size, competition) and climatic factors (drought, temperature and precipitation) drive tree radial growth patterns in neighboring standing dead and living trees. We analyzed basal area increments (BAI) trends, past management legacies and climate- and drought-growth relationships during the 20th century to distinguish the roles and interactions on recent warming-induced dieback. We observed that temperature rises and changes in atmospheric water demand during growing season let to increasing drought stress during the late 20th century affecting both managed and unmanaged forests. Dead trees from old-growth and managed forests showed lower growth than living trees after dieback onset. In both forests, dead and living trees displayed divergent growth patterns after dry 1980s, indicating that dieback was triggered by severe extreme conditions. Dead trees from managed stands experienced significant stronger growth reductions after 1980s though they experienced less tree-to-tree competition than dead trees in old-growth forest. High stand density negatively drove growth and enhanced climate sensitivity in old-growth stands. Competition acted synergistically with climate warming and drought causing tree mortality regardless of the management legacies in of Q. petraea forests. Our retrospective assessment of growth rates in relation with climate and structure changes offers valuable information for further forest conservation and management decisions of Q. petraea forests. These findings highlight the importance of past uses legacies driving recent forest dieback in temperate oak forests, making them more vulnerable under forecasted climate-warming related droughts in central Europe. Numéro de notice : A2021-496 Affiliation des auteurs : LIF+Ext (2020- ) Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119097 Date de publication en ligne : 07/04/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119097 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97973 [article]

Assessing future suitability of tree species under climate change by multiple methods: a case study in southern Germany / Helge Walentowski in Annals of forest research, vol 60 n° 1 (January - June 2017)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of forest research > vol 60 n° 1 (January - June 2017) . - pp 101 - 126 Titre : Assessing future suitability of tree species under climate change by multiple methods: a case study in southern Germany Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Helge Walentowski, Auteur ; Wolfgang Falk, Auteur ; Tobias Mette, Auteur ; Jörg Kunz, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 101 - 126 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Acer campestre [Termes IGN] Allemagne [Termes IGN] analyse de sensibilité [Termes IGN] dendrochronologie [Termes IGN] Fagus sylvatica [Termes IGN] feuillu [Termes IGN] Fraxinus excelsior [Termes IGN] modèle de simulation [Termes IGN] niche écologique [Termes IGN] Pinus sylvestris [Termes IGN] Quercus pedunculata [Termes IGN] Quercus sessiliflora [Termes IGN] sécheresse [Termes IGN] sorbus aria [Termes IGN] Sorbus torminalis [Termes IGN] Tilia platyphyllos [Termes IGN] Ulmus minor [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) We compared results derived using three different approaches to assess the suitability of common tree species on the Franconian Plateau in southern Germany under projected warmer and drier climate conditions in the period 2061-2080. The study area is currently a relatively warm and dry region of Germany. We calculated species distribution models (SDMs) using information on species’ climate envelopes to predict regional species spectra under 63 different climate change scenarios. We complemented this with fine-scale ecological niche analysis using data from 51 vegetation surveys in seven forest reserves in the study area, and tree-ring analysis (TRA) from local populations of five tree species to quantify their sensitivity to climatic extreme years. The SDMs showed that predicted future climate change in the region remains within the climate envelope of certain species (e.g. Quercus petraea), whilst for e.g. Fagus sylvatica, future climate conditions in one third of the scenarios are too warm and dry. This was confirmed by the TRA: sensitivity to drought periods is lower for Q. petraea than for F. sylvatica. The niche analysis shows that the local ecological niches of Quercus robur and Fraxinus excelsior are mainly characterized by soils providing favorable water supply than by climate, and Pinus sylvestris (planted) is strongly influenced by light availability. The best adapted species for a warmer and potentially drier climate in the study region are Acer campestre, Sorbus torminalis, S. aria, Ulmus minor, and Tilia platyphyllos, which should therefore play a more prominent role in future climate-resilient mixed forest ecosystems. Numéro de notice : A2017-611 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.15287/afr.2016.789 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2016.789 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86919 [article]

Forest vegetation in western Romania in relation to climate variables: Does community composition reflect modelled tree species distribution? / S. Heinrichs in Annals of forest research, vol 59 n° 2 (July - December 2016)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of forest research > vol 59 n° 2 (July - December 2016) . - pp 219 - 236 Titre : Forest vegetation in western Romania in relation to climate variables: Does community composition reflect modelled tree species distribution? Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : S. Heinrichs, Auteur ; Helge Walentowski, Auteur ; E. Bergmeier, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 219 - 236 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] composition floristique [Termes IGN] Europe centrale [Termes IGN] Fagus sylvatica [Termes IGN] forêt thermophile [Termes IGN] phytosociologie [Termes IGN] Quercus sessiliflora [Termes IGN] Roumanie [Termes IGN] unité phytosociologique [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is the prevailing tree species of mesic forests in Central Europe. Increasing summer temperatures and decreasing precipitation, as climate change scenarios predict, may, however, negatively influence beech growth and induce a shift to more thermophilous forest communities. Temperatures as expected in the future for western Central Europe are currently found in parts of western Romania. In light of this climate analogy we investigated forest vegetation as an indicator for future vegetation changes in five regions of western Romania representing a climatic gradient. We related species composition to climate variables and examined if tree and understorey species composition respond similarly to the climatic gradient. We further analysed if tree species occurrences correspond with their modelled distance to the rear niche edge. We found evidence for climatic effects on vegetation composition among regions as well as within deciduous and pine forests, respectively. This underlines that vegetation composition is a useful indicator for environmental change. Tree and understorey species compositions were closely linked showing that community-based characterization of forest stands can provide additional information on tree species suitability along environmental gradients. Both, vegetation composition and a climatic marginality index demonstrate the rear niche edge occurrence of beech in the studied sites of Romania and can predict the site suitability for different tree species. While vegetation surveys indicate Quercus petraea to be associated to moderately mesic forests, the marginality index suggested an inner niche position of sessile oak along the climatic gradient. Phytosociological relevés that differentiate between subspecies (or microspecies) of sessile oak with differing habitat requirements should be considered to complement national forest inventories and species distribution maps when modelling rear distribution edges. We conclude that climate driven forest vegetation composition in western Romania is a suitable analogon and may indicate future forest development in western Central Europe. Numéro de notice : A2016--094 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.15287/afr.2016.692 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2016.692 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=84646 [article]