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Cao Z, Zhang J, Gou X, Wang Y, Sun Q, Yang J, Manzanedo RD, Pederson N. Increasing forest carbon sinks in cold and arid northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Sci Total Environ 2023; 905:167168. [PMID: 37730072 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
Arid forest lands account for 6 % of the world's forest area, but their carbon density and carbon storage capacity have rarely been assessed. Forest inventories provide estimates of forest stock and biomass carbon density, improve our understanding of the carbon cycle, and help us develop sustainable forest management policies in the face of climate change. Here, we carried out three forest inventories at five-year intervals from 2006 to 2016 in 104 permanent sample plots covering the Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) distribution in the north slope of Qilian Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Results shows that mean biomasses for Qinghai spruce were 133.80, 144.89, and 157.01 Mg ha-1 while biomass carbon densities were 65.52, 70.92, and 76.88 Mg C ha-1, in 2006, 2011, and 2016, respectively. This shows an increase in the Qinghai spruce carbon density of 17.34 % from 2006 to 2016. Both the precipitation and temperature play crucial roles on the increase of aboveground carbon density. The average carbon densities were different among forests with different ages and were higher for older forests. Our results show that the carbon sequestration rate for Qinghai spruce in the Qilian Mountains is significantly higher than the average rates of national forest parks in China, suggesting that this spruce forest has the potential to sequester a significant amount of carbon despite the general harsh growing conditions of cold and arid ecoregions. Our findings provide important insights that are helpful for the assessment of forest carbon for cold and arid lands.
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- Zongying Cao
- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Gansu Liancheng Forest Ecosystem Field Observation and Research Station, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730333, China
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Gansu Liancheng Forest Ecosystem Field Observation and Research Station, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730333, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Gansu Liancheng Forest Ecosystem Field Observation and Research Station, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730333, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Gansu Liancheng Forest Ecosystem Field Observation and Research Station, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730333, China
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Gansu Liancheng Forest Ecosystem Field Observation and Research Station, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730333, China
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- Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Gansu Liancheng Forest Ecosystem Field Observation and Research Station, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730333, China; Liancheng National Nature Reserve in Gansu, Lanzhou 730300, China
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- Plant Ecology, Institute of Integrative Biology, D-USYS, ETH-Zürich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA 01366, USA
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Zhang X, Rademacher T, Liu H, Wang L, Manzanedo RD. Fading regulation of diurnal temperature ranges on drought-induced growth loss for drought-tolerant tree species. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6916. [PMID: 37903773 PMCID: PMC10616191 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42654-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Warming-induced droughts caused tree growth loss across the globe, leading to substantial carbon loss to the atmosphere. Drought-induced growth loss, however, can be regulated by changes in diurnal temperature ranges. Here, we investigated long term radial growth responses of 23 widespread distributed tree species from 2327 sites over the world and found that species' drought tolerances were significantly and positively correlated with diurnal temperature range-growth loss relationships for the period 1901-1940. Since 1940, this relationship has continued to fade, likely due to asymmetric day and night warming trends and the species' ability to deal with them. The alleviation of reduced diurnal temperature ranges on drought-induced growth loss was mainly found for drought resistant tree species. Overall, our results highlight the need to carefully consider diurnal temperature ranges and species-specific responses to daytime and nighttime warming to explore tree growth responses to current and future warmer and drier climates.
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- Xianliang Zhang
- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Institut des Sciences de la Forêt Tempérée, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Ripon, QC, J0V 1V0, Canada
- Centre ACER, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, J2S 0B8, Canada
- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, 01366, USA
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China.
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Plant Ecology, Institute of Integrative Biology, D-USYS, ETH-Zürich, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland
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Li W, Manzanedo RD, Jiang Y, Ma W, Du E, Zhao S, Rademacher T, Dong M, Xu H, Kang X, Wang J, Wu F, Cui X, Pederson N. Reassessment of growth-climate relations indicates the potential for decline across Eurasian boreal larch forests. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3358. [PMID: 37291110 PMCID: PMC10250375 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Larch, a widely distributed tree in boreal Eurasia, is experiencing rapid warming across much of its distribution. A comprehensive assessment of growth on warming is needed to comprehend the potential impact of climate change. Most studies, relying on rigid calendar-based temperature series, have detected monotonic responses at the margins of boreal Eurasia, but not across the region. Here, we developed a method for constructing temporally flexible and physiologically relevant temperature series to reassess growth-temperature relations of larch across boreal Eurasia. Our method appears more effective in assessing the impact of warming on growth than previous methods. Our approach indicates widespread and spatially heterogeneous growth-temperature responses that are driven by local climate. Models quantifying these results project that the negative responses of growth to temperature will spread northward and upward throughout this century. If true, the risks of warming to boreal Eurasia could be more widespread than conveyed from previous works.
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- Wenqing Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, Zhuhai, 519087, China
- Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation, Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100035, China
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, 01366, USA
- Plant Ecology, Institute of Integrative Biology, D-USYS, ETH Zürich, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, Zhuhai, 519087, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, 01366, USA
- Institut des Sciences de la Forêt Tempérée, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Ripon, J0V 1V0, QC, Canada
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, Zhuhai, 519087, China
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation, Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100035, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, Zhuhai, 519087, China
- School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, 01366, USA
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Zhang X, Manzanedo RD, Lv P, Xu C, Hou M, Huang X, Rademacher T. Reduced diurnal temperature range mitigates drought impacts on larch tree growth in North China. Sci Total Environ 2022; 848:157808. [PMID: 35932855 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Forests are facing climate changes such as warmer temperatures, accelerated snowmelt, increased drought, as well as changing diurnal temperature ranges (DTR) and cloud cover regimes. How tree growth is influenced by the changes in daily to monthly temperatures and its associations with droughts has been extensively investigated, however, few studies have focused on how changes in sub-daily temperatures i.e., DTR, influence tree growth during drought events. Here, we used a network of Larix principis-rupprechtii tree-ring data from 1989 to 2018, covering most of the distribution of planted larch across North China, to investigate how DTR, cloud cover and their interactions influence the relationship between drought stress and tree growth. DTR showed a negative correlation with larch growth in 95 % of sites (rmean = -0.30, significant in 42 % of sites). Cloud cover was positively correlated with growth in 87 % of sites (rmean = 0.13, significant in 5 % of sites). Enhanced tree growth was found at lower DTR in the absence of severe drought. Our findings highlight that in the absence of severe droughts, reduced DTR benefits tree growth, while increased cloud cover tended to benefit tree growth only during severe drought periods. Given how DTR influences drought impacts on tree growth, net tree growth was found to be larger in regions with smaller DTR.
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- Xianliang Zhang
- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, 071001 Baoding, China.
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- Plant Ecology, Institute of Integrative Biology, D-USYS, ETH-Zürich, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
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- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, 071001 Baoding, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Tourism, Hebei Agricultural University, 071001 Baoding, China
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- China Meteorological Administration Training Centre, China Meteorological Administration, 100081 Beijing, China
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- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, 071001 Baoding, China.
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- Institut des Sciences de la Forêt tempérée, Université du Québec en Outaouais, J0V 1V0 Québec, Canada; Harvard Forest, Harvard University, 01366 MA, USA; School of Informatics and Cyber Security and Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, 86011 AZ, USA
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Manzanedo RD, Manning P. COVID-19: Lessons for the climate change emergency. Sci Total Environ 2020; 742:140563. [PMID: 32619845 PMCID: PMC7320672 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
Abstract
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak pandemic is now a global crisis. It has caused 9+ million confirmed cases and 400,000+ deaths at the time of writing and triggered unprecedented preventative measures that have confined a substantial portion of the global population and established 'social distancing' as a new global behavioral norm. The COVID-19 crisis has affected all aspects of everyday life and work, and heavily impacted the global economy. This crisis also offers unprecedented insights into how the global climate crisis may be managed, as there are many parallels between the COVID-19 crisis and what we expect from the imminent global climate emergency. Reflecting upon the challenges of today's crisis may help us better prepare for the future. Here we compile a list, by no means comprehensive, of the similarities and differences between the two crises, and the lessons we can learn from them: (i) High momentum trends, (ii) Irreversible changes, (iii) Social and spatial inequality, (iv) Weakening of international solidarity, and (v) Less costly to prevent than to cure.
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- Rubén D Manzanedo
- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA 01366, USA; Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA.
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany.
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Manzanedo RD, Fischer M, María Navarro‐Cerrillo R, Allan E. A new approach to study local adaptation in long‐lived woody species: Virtual transplant experiments. Methods Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rubén D. Manzanedo
- Biology Department University of Washington Seattle WA USA
- Harvard Forest Harvard University Petersham MA USA
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- Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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Zhang X, Manzanedo RD, D'Orangeville L, Rademacher TT, Li J, Bai X, Hou M, Chen Z, Zou F, Song F, Pederson N. Snowmelt and early to mid-growing season water availability augment tree growth during rapid warming in southern Asian boreal forests. Glob Chang Biol 2019; 25:3462-3471. [PMID: 31271698 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Boreal forests are facing profound changes in their growth environment, including warming-induced water deficits, extended growing seasons, accelerated snowmelt, and permafrost thaw. The influence of warming on trees varies regionally, but in most boreal forests studied to date, tree growth has been found to be negatively affected by increasing temperatures. Here, we used a network of Pinus sylvestris tree-ring collections spanning a wide climate gradient the southern end of the boreal forest in Asia to assess their response to climate change for the period 1958-2014. Contrary to findings in other boreal regions, we found that previously negative effects of temperature on tree growth turned positive in the northern portion of the study network after the onset of rapid warming. Trees in the drier portion did not show this reversal in their climatic response during the period of rapid warming. Abundant water availability during the growing season, particularly in the early to mid-growing season (May-July), is key to the reversal of tree sensitivity to climate. Advancement in the onset of growth appears to allow trees to take advantage of snowmelt water, such that tree growth increases with increasing temperatures during the rapidly warming period. The region's monsoonal climate delivers limited precipitation during the early growing season, and thus snowmelt likely covers the water deficit so trees are less stressed from the onset of earlier growth. Our results indicate that the growth response of P. sylvestris to increasing temperatures strongly related to increased early season water availability. Hence, boreal forests with sufficient water available during crucial parts of the growing season might be more able to withstand or even increase growth during periods of rising temperatures. We suspect that other regions of the boreal forest may be affected by similar dynamics.
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- Xianliang Zhang
- College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
- Tree-ring Laboratory, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA
- Biology Department, University of Washington, Washington, DC, USA
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA
- Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA
- School of Informatics and Cyber Security and Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Tree-ring Laboratory, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Tree-ring Laboratory, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- China Meteorological Administration Training Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
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- Tree-ring Laboratory, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Tree-ring Laboratory, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Tree-ring Laboratory, College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA
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Penone C, Allan E, Soliveres S, Felipe-Lucia MR, Gossner MM, Seibold S, Simons NK, Schall P, van der Plas F, Manning P, Manzanedo RD, Boch S, Prati D, Ammer C, Bauhus J, Buscot F, Ehbrecht M, Goldmann K, Jung K, Müller J, Müller JC, Pena R, Polle A, Renner SC, Ruess L, Schönig I, Schrumpf M, Solly EF, Tschapka M, Weisser WW, Wubet T, Fischer M. Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features. Ecol Lett 2018; 22:170-180. [PMID: 30463104 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
While forest management strongly influences biodiversity, it remains unclear how the structural and compositional changes caused by management affect different community dimensions (e.g. richness, specialisation, abundance or completeness) and how this differs between taxa. We assessed the effects of nine forest features (representing stand structure, heterogeneity and tree composition) on thirteen above- and belowground trophic groups of plants, animals, fungi and bacteria in 150 temperate forest plots differing in their management type. Canopy cover decreased light resources, which increased community specialisation but reduced overall diversity and abundance. Features increasing resource types and diversifying microhabitats (admixing of oaks and conifers) were important and mostly affected richness. Belowground groups responded differently to those aboveground and had weaker responses to most forest features. Our results show that we need to consider forest features rather than broad management types and highlight the importance of considering several groups and community dimensions to better inform conservation.
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- Caterina Penone
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Forest Entomology, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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- Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA.,Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Chair of Silviculture, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.,Heinz Sielmann Foundation, Gut Herbigshagen, Duderstadt, Germany
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- Field Station Fabrikschleichach, Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Rauhenebrach, Germany.,Bavarian Forest National Park, Grafenau, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Zoology, DIB, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Ecology Group, Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.,Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.,Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa Ancón, República de Panamá
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- Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
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Manzanedo RD, Ballesteros‐Cánovas J, Schenk F, Stoffel M, Fischer M, Allan E. Increase in CO 2 concentration could alter the response of Hedera helix to climate change. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:8598-8606. [PMID: 30250726 PMCID: PMC6144985 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Increasing CO 2 concentration ([CO 2]) is likely to affect future species distributions, in interaction with other climate change drivers. However, current modeling approaches still seldom consider interactions between climatic factors and the importance of these interactions therefore remains mostly unexplored. Here, we combined dendrochronological and modeling approaches to study the interactive effects of increasing [CO 2] and temperature on the distribution of one of the main European liana species, Hedera helix. We combined a classical continent-wide species distribution modeling approach with a case study using H. helix and Quercus cerris tree rings, where we explored the long-term influence of a variety of climate drivers, including increasing [CO 2], and their interactions, on secondary growth. Finally, we explored how our findings could influence the model predictions. Climate-only model predictions showed a small decrease in habitat suitability for H. helix in Europe; however, this was accompanied by a strong shift in the distribution toward the north and east. Our growth ring data suggested that H. helix can benefit from high [CO 2] under warm conditions, more than its tree hosts, which showed a weaker response to [CO 2] coupled with higher cavitation risk under high temperature. Increasing [CO 2] might therefore offset the negative effects of high temperatures on H. helix, and we illustrate how this might translate into maintenance of H. helix in warmer areas. Our results highlight the need to consider carbon fertilization and interactions between climate variables in ecological modeling. Combining dendrochronological analyses with spatial distribution modeling may provide opportunities to refine predictions of how climate change will affect species distributions.
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- dendrolab.chInstitute of Geological SciencesUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
- Climatic Change and Climate ImpactsInstitute for Environmental SciencesUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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- Institute of Plant SciencesUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
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- dendrolab.chInstitute of Geological SciencesUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
- Climatic Change and Climate ImpactsInstitute for Environmental SciencesUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Department of Earth SciencesUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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- Institute of Plant SciencesUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Institute of Plant SciencesUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
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