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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]