scholarly journals Leaf trait modification in European beech trees in response to climatic and edaphic drought

Plant Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Weithmann ◽  
B. Schuldt ◽  
R. M. Link ◽  
D. Heil ◽  
S. Hoeber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Beech ◽  
Leaf Trait

scholarly journals In situ marker-based assessment of leaf trait evolutionary potential in a marginal European beech population

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 514-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bontemps ◽  
F. Lefèvre ◽  
H. Davi ◽  
S. Oddou-Muratorio
Keyword(s):  
European Beech ◽  
Evolutionary Potential ◽  
Leaf Trait

High Reproductive Effort and Low Recruitment Rates of European Beech: Is There a Limit for the Superior Competitor?

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Szwagrzyk ◽  
Georg Gratzer ◽  
Hanna Stępniewska ◽  
Janusz Szewczyk ◽  
Bojana Veselinovic
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Effort ◽  
European Beech ◽  
High Reproductive Effort

Konkurrenz zwischen Stieleiche und Buche auf Lothar-Sturmflächen | Competition between pedunculate oak and European beech on Lothar windthrow areas

2009 ◽  
Vol 160 (5) ◽  
pp. 114-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Otto ◽  
Sven Wagner ◽  
Peter Brang
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Permanent Plots ◽  
Pedunculate Oak ◽  
Competitive Pressure ◽  
Competition Index

The competitive pressure of naturally regenerated European beech (Fagus sylvatica) saplings on planted pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) was investigated on two 1.8 ha permanent plots near Habsburg and Murten (Switzerland). The plots were established with the aim to test methods of artificial oak regeneration after large-scale windthrow. On both plots, 80 oaks exposed to varying levels of competitive pressure from at most 10 neighbouring beech trees were selected. The height of each oak as well as stem and branch diameters were measured. The competitive pressure was assessed using Schütz's competition index, which is based on relative tree height, crown overlap and distance from competing neighbours. Oak trees growing without or with only slight competition from beech were equally tall, while oaks exposed to moderate to strong competition were smaller. A threshold value for the competition index was found above which oak height decreased strongly. The stem and branch diameters of the oaks started to decrease even if the competition from beech was slight, and decreased much further with more competition. The oak stems started to become more slender even with only slight competition from beech. On the moderately acid beech sites studied here, beech grow taller faster than oak. Thus where beech is competing with oak and the aim is to maintain the oak, competitive pressure on the oak must be reduced at an early stage. The degree of the intervention should, however, take the individual competitive interaction into account, with more intervention if the competition is strong.

scholarly journals Leaf Trait-Environment Relationships in a Subtropical Broadleaved Forest in South-East China

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. e35742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenzel Kröber ◽  
Martin Böhnke ◽  
Erik Welk ◽  
Christian Wirth ◽  
Helge Bruelheide
Keyword(s):  
East China ◽  
Leaf Trait

scholarly journals Carbon and Nitrogen Pools and Fluxes in Adjacent Mature Norway Spruce and European Beech Forests

Forests ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Oulehle ◽  
Michal Růžek ◽  
Karolina Tahovská ◽  
Jiří Bárta ◽  
Oldřich Myška
Keyword(s):  
Norway Spruce ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Beech Forests ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Pools

Genetic and functional leaf trait diversity throughout the distribution of two Cerrado tree species: Testing the centre‐periphery hypothesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thais R. Pfeilsticker ◽  
Renata S. O. Buzatti ◽  
André C. Muniz ◽  
Marcelo L. Bueno ◽  
José P. Lemos‐Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Leaf Trait ◽  
Trait Diversity

scholarly journals How Does Radial Growth of Water-Stressed Populations of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Trees Vary under Multiple Drought Events?

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Tamalika Chakraborty ◽  
Albert Reif ◽  
Andreas Matzarakis ◽  
Somidh Saha
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica ◽  
Tree Growth ◽  
Radial Growth ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Canopy Openness ◽  
Fagus Sylvatica L ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Neighborhood Competition

European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees are becoming vulnerable to drought, with a warming climate. Existing studies disagree on how radial growth varies in European beech in response to droughts. We aimed to find the impact of multiple droughts on beech trees’ annual radial growth at their ecological drought limit created by soil water availability in the forest. Besides, we quantified the influence of competition and canopy openness on the mean basal area growth of beech trees. We carried out this study in five near-natural temperate forests in three localities of Germany and Switzerland. We quantified available soil water storage capacity (AWC) in plots laid in the transition zone from oak to beech dominated forests. The plots were classified as ‘dry’ (AWC < 60 mL) and ‘less-dry’ (AWC > 60 mL). We performed dendroecological analyses starting from 1951 in continuous and discontinuous series to study the influence of climatic drought (i.e., precipitation-potential evapotranspiration) on the radial growth of beech trees in dry and less-dry plots. We used observed values for this analysis and did not use interpolated values from interpolated historical records in this study. We selected six drought events to study the resistance, recovery, and resilience of beech trees to drought at a discontinuous level. The radial growth was significantly higher in less-dry plots than dry plots. The increase in drought had reduced tree growth. Frequent climatic drought events resulted in more significant correlations, hence, increased the dependency of tree growth on AWC. We showed that the recovery and resilience to climatic drought were higher in trees in less-dry plots than dry plots, but it was the opposite for resistance. The resistance, recovery, and resilience of the trees were heterogeneous between the events of drought. Mean growth of beech trees (basal area increment) were negatively impacted by neighborhood competition and positively influenced by canopy openness. We emphasized that beech trees growing on soil with low AWC are at higher risk of growth decline. We concluded that changes in soil water conditions even at the microsite level could influence beech trees’ growth in their drought limit under the changing climate. Along with drought, neighborhood competition and lack of light can also reduce beech trees’ growth. This study will enrich the state of knowledge about the ongoing debate on the vulnerability of beech trees to drought in Europe.

scholarly journals Carbon Stock of European Beech Forest; A Case at M. Pizzalto, Italy

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 159-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida Taghavi Bayat ◽  
Hein van Gils ◽  
Michael Weir
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Stock ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Beech Forest
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