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Competition overrides climate as trigger of growth decline in a mixed Fagaceae Mediterranean rear-edge forest / Alvaro Rubio-Cuadrado in Annals of Forest Science, vol 77 n° 4 (December 2020)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > vol 77 n° 4 (December 2020) . - 18 p. Titre : Competition overrides climate as trigger of growth decline in a mixed Fagaceae Mediterranean rear-edge forest Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Alvaro Rubio-Cuadrado, Auteur ; J. Julio Camarero, Auteur ; Guillermo G. Gordaliza, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : 18 p. Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] dendrochronologie [Termes IGN] densité de la végétation [Termes IGN] dynamique de la végétation [Termes IGN] exploitation forestière [Termes IGN] Fagaceae [Termes IGN] Fagus sylvatica [Termes IGN] forêt méditerranéenne [Termes IGN] gestion forestière [Termes IGN] modèle de croissance végétale [Termes IGN] peuplement mélangé [Termes IGN] Quercus pyrenaica [Termes IGN] Quercus sessiliflora [Termes IGN] structure d'un peuplement forestier [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) Key message: In recent decades, there has been a decline in growth in a rear-edge broadleaf forest of Fagus sylvatica , Quercus petraea , and Quercus pyrenaica . Although temperatures have been rising due to climate change, the observed decline in growth was mainly attributed to increased density and competition between trees since the cessation of traditional uses such as logging in the 1960s. Context: In recent decades, two major factors have influenced tree growth in many forests: climate warming, which is associated with aridification and negative growth trends in many Mediterranean forests, and abandonment of forest management, resulting from forest policy in conjunction with rural depopulation in Europe, often leading to an increase in competition and a decrease in growth. Aims: Here, we study the growth trends in a mixed forest of Fagus sylvatica, Quercus petraea, and Quercus pyrenaica, where the abandonment of traditional uses in the 1960s has been followed by an increase in tree density. In this forest, both F. sylvatica and Q. petraea reach their south-westernmost limits of distribution. Methods: Using dendrochronological methods and growth modeling, we assess the importance of climate warming on the shifts in competitive growth advantage of these three coexisting tree species and the relative importance of climate and competition on growth trends. Results: Q. petraea and especially F. sylvatica showed a favorable evolution of their competitive capacity, despite the increase in temperatures that has occurred in the area in recent decades. F. sylvatica presented the lowest sensitivity to climate. Conclusion: Under the current climate and forest structure conditions, competition is the most limiting factor on tree growth for the two oak species. Numéro de notice : A2020-661 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s13595-020-01004-5 Date de publication en ligne : 01/10/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-01004-5 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=96135 [article]