scholarly journals Frost and drought: Effects of extreme weather events on stem carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean beech forest

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ettore D'Andrea ◽  
Negar Rezaie ◽  
Peter Prislan ◽  
Jozica Gričar ◽  
Alessio Collalti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dynamics ◽  
Beech Forest ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Drought Effects

scholarly journals Frost and drought: Effects of extreme weather events on stem carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean beech forest

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (10) ◽  
pp. 2365-2379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ettore D'Andrea ◽  
Negar Rezaie ◽  
Peter Prislan ◽  
Jozica Gričar ◽  
Alessio Collalti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dynamics ◽  
Beech Forest ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Drought Effects

scholarly journals Frost and drought: effects of extreme weather events on stem carbon dynamics in a Mediterranean beech forest

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ettore D’Andrea ◽  
Negar Rezaie ◽  
Peter Prislan ◽  
Jozica Gričar ◽  
Jan Muhr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radial Growth ◽  
Beech Forest ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Stressful Event ◽  
Summer Drought ◽  
Spring Frost ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Late Spring Frost ◽  
Late Frost

SummaryThe effects of short-term extreme events on tree functioning and physiology are still rather elusive. European beech is one of the most sensitive species to late frost and water shortage. We investigated the intra-annual C dynamics in stems under such conditions.Wood formation and stem CO2 efflux were monitored in a Mediterranean beech forest for three years (2015–2017), including a late frost (2016) and a summer drought (2017).The late frost reduced radial growth and, consequently, the amount of carbon fixed in the stem biomass by 80%. Stem carbon efflux in 2016 was reduced by 25%, which can be attributed to the reduction of effluxes due to growth respiration. Counter to our expectations, we found no effects of the 2017 summer drought on radial growth and stem carbon efflux.The studied extreme weather events had various effects on tree growth. Even though late spring frost had a devastating impact on beech radial growth in the current year, trees fully recovered in the following growing season, indicating high resilience of beech to this stressful event.

Reliability, Resilience and the Oncoming Wave of Retiring Baseload Units, Volume I: The Critical Role of Thermal Units During Extreme Weather Events

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Balash, PhD ◽  
Kenneth C. Kern ◽  
John Brewer ◽  
Justin Adder ◽  
Christopher Nichols ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Weather Events
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document