TY  - JOUR
AU  - Puertolas, Jaime
AU  - Villar-Salvador, Pedro
AU  - Andivia, Enrique
AU  - Ahuja, Ishita
AU  - Cocozza, Claudia
AU  - Cvjetković, Branislav
AU  - Devetaković, Jovana
AU  - Diez, Julio J.
AU  - Floistad, Inger S.
AU  - Ganatsas, Petros
AU  - Mariotti, Barbara
AU  - Tsakaldimi, Marianthi
AU  - Vilagrosa, Alberto
AU  - Witzell, Johanna
AU  - Ivetić, Vladan
PY  - 2024
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1507
AB  - Drought hardening is a nursery technique aimed to enhance early forest plantation establishment under dry conditions, which is a main limiting factors for plantation success. However, the quantitative effectiveness of drought hardening remains unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the influence of different factors in the effectiveness of drought hardening on seedling post-planting survival and growth. Overall, drought hardening did not significantly affect survival or growth, as several factors induced great heterogeneity, but analyses of those factors explained its effectiveness, especially on survival. A longer time between hardening and transplanting strongly reduced survival. Indoor-grown seedlings did not benefit more from hardening than outdoor-grown seedlings. Evaluations of drought hardening effectiveness in pots showed positive effects on survival but negative effects on growth, while no effects were found in large bed experiments. In field experiments, hardening significantly increased survival and growth with site aridity. Survival benefits were independent of species drought tolerance, measured by osmotic potential at the turgor loss point (pi tlp), in moderate to high aridity sites. However, in low aridity sites, hardening increased survival in drought-tolerant species but decreased it in drought-intolerant species. Field results showed that hardening benefited shrubs more than trees in angiosperms. In conclusion, drought hardening at the end of nursery cultivation tend to increase post-planting seedling performance particularly in scenarios limiting post-planting root growth such as in arid climates and pot experiments. Our findings highlight the importance of future research on modelling the interaction between these technical features and species water use strategies..
T2  - Forest Ecology and Management
T1  - Die-hard seedlings. A global meta-analysis on the factors determining the effectiveness of drought hardening on growth and survival of forest plantations
VL  - 572
DO  - 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122300
UR  - conv_1826
ER  - 

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abstract = "Drought hardening is a nursery technique aimed to enhance early forest plantation establishment under dry conditions, which is a main limiting factors for plantation success. However, the quantitative effectiveness of drought hardening remains unclear. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the influence of different factors in the effectiveness of drought hardening on seedling post-planting survival and growth. Overall, drought hardening did not significantly affect survival or growth, as several factors induced great heterogeneity, but analyses of those factors explained its effectiveness, especially on survival. A longer time between hardening and transplanting strongly reduced survival. Indoor-grown seedlings did not benefit more from hardening than outdoor-grown seedlings. Evaluations of drought hardening effectiveness in pots showed positive effects on survival but negative effects on growth, while no effects were found in large bed experiments. In field experiments, hardening significantly increased survival and growth with site aridity. Survival benefits were independent of species drought tolerance, measured by osmotic potential at the turgor loss point (pi tlp), in moderate to high aridity sites. However, in low aridity sites, hardening increased survival in drought-tolerant species but decreased it in drought-intolerant species. Field results showed that hardening benefited shrubs more than trees in angiosperms. In conclusion, drought hardening at the end of nursery cultivation tend to increase post-planting seedling performance particularly in scenarios limiting post-planting root growth such as in arid climates and pot experiments. Our findings highlight the importance of future research on modelling the interaction between these technical features and species water use strategies..",
journal = "Forest Ecology and Management",
title = "Die-hard seedlings. A global meta-analysis on the factors determining the effectiveness of drought hardening on growth and survival of forest plantations",
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Puertolas, J., Villar-Salvador, P., Andivia, E., Ahuja, I., Cocozza, C., Cvjetković, B., Devetaković, J., Diez, J. J., Floistad, I. S., Ganatsas, P., Mariotti, B., Tsakaldimi, M., Vilagrosa, A., Witzell, J.,& Ivetić, V.. (2024). Die-hard seedlings. A global meta-analysis on the factors determining the effectiveness of drought hardening on growth and survival of forest plantations. in Forest Ecology and Management, 572.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122300
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Puertolas J, Villar-Salvador P, Andivia E, Ahuja I, Cocozza C, Cvjetković B, Devetaković J, Diez JJ, Floistad IS, Ganatsas P, Mariotti B, Tsakaldimi M, Vilagrosa A, Witzell J, Ivetić V. Die-hard seedlings. A global meta-analysis on the factors determining the effectiveness of drought hardening on growth and survival of forest plantations. in Forest Ecology and Management. 2024;572.
doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122300
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Puertolas, Jaime, Villar-Salvador, Pedro, Andivia, Enrique, Ahuja, Ishita, Cocozza, Claudia, Cvjetković, Branislav, Devetaković, Jovana, Diez, Julio J., Floistad, Inger S., Ganatsas, Petros, Mariotti, Barbara, Tsakaldimi, Marianthi, Vilagrosa, Alberto, Witzell, Johanna, Ivetić, Vladan, "Die-hard seedlings. A global meta-analysis on the factors determining the effectiveness of drought hardening on growth and survival of forest plantations" in Forest Ecology and Management, 572 (2024),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122300 .,
conv_1826 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Andivia, Enrique
AU  - Villar-Salvador, Pedro
AU  - Oliet, Juan A.
AU  - Puertolas, Jaime
AU  - Dumroese, R. Kasten
AU  - Molina-Venegas, Rafael
AU  - Arellano, Eduardo C.
AU  - Li, Guolei
AU  - Ovalle, Juan F.
AU  - Ivetić, Vladan
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1179
AB  - Seedling planting plays a key role in active forest restoration and regeneration of managed stands. Plant attributes at outplanting can determine tree seedling survival and consequently early success of forest plantations. Although many studies show that large seedlings of the same age within a species have higher survival than small ones, others report the opposite. This may be due to differences in environmental conditions at the planting site and in the inherent functional characteristics of species. Here, we conducted a global-scale meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of seedling size on early outplanting survival. Our meta-analysis covered 86 tree species and 142 planting locations distributed worldwide. We also assessed whether planting site aridity and key plant functional traits related to abiotic and biotic stress resistance and growth capacity, namely specific leaf area and wood density, modulate this effect. Planting large seedlings within a species consistently increases survival in forest plantations worldwide. Species' functional traits modulate the magnitude of the positive seedling size-outplanting survival relationship, showing contrasting effects due to aridity and between angiosperms and gymnosperms. For angiosperms planted in arid/semiarid sites and gymnosperms in subhumid/humid sites the magnitude of the positive effect of seedling size on survival was maximized in species with low specific leaf area and high wood density, characteristics linked to high stress resistance and slow growth. By contrast, high specific leaf area and low wood density maximized the positive effect of seedling size on survival for angiosperms planted in subhumid/humid sites. Results have key implications for implementing forest plantations globally, especially for adjusting nursery cultivation to species' functional characteristics and planting site aridity. Nursery cultivation should promote large seedlings, especially for stress sensitive angiosperms planted in humid sites and for stress-resistant species planted in dry sites.
T2  - Ecological Applications
T1  - Climate and species stress resistance modulate the higher survival of large seedlings in forest restorations worldwide
IS  - 6
VL  - 31
DO  - 10.1002/eap.2394
UR  - conv_1565
ER  - 

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author = "Andivia, Enrique and Villar-Salvador, Pedro and Oliet, Juan A. and Puertolas, Jaime and Dumroese, R. Kasten and Molina-Venegas, Rafael and Arellano, Eduardo C. and Li, Guolei and Ovalle, Juan F. and Ivetić, Vladan",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Seedling planting plays a key role in active forest restoration and regeneration of managed stands. Plant attributes at outplanting can determine tree seedling survival and consequently early success of forest plantations. Although many studies show that large seedlings of the same age within a species have higher survival than small ones, others report the opposite. This may be due to differences in environmental conditions at the planting site and in the inherent functional characteristics of species. Here, we conducted a global-scale meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of seedling size on early outplanting survival. Our meta-analysis covered 86 tree species and 142 planting locations distributed worldwide. We also assessed whether planting site aridity and key plant functional traits related to abiotic and biotic stress resistance and growth capacity, namely specific leaf area and wood density, modulate this effect. Planting large seedlings within a species consistently increases survival in forest plantations worldwide. Species' functional traits modulate the magnitude of the positive seedling size-outplanting survival relationship, showing contrasting effects due to aridity and between angiosperms and gymnosperms. For angiosperms planted in arid/semiarid sites and gymnosperms in subhumid/humid sites the magnitude of the positive effect of seedling size on survival was maximized in species with low specific leaf area and high wood density, characteristics linked to high stress resistance and slow growth. By contrast, high specific leaf area and low wood density maximized the positive effect of seedling size on survival for angiosperms planted in subhumid/humid sites. Results have key implications for implementing forest plantations globally, especially for adjusting nursery cultivation to species' functional characteristics and planting site aridity. Nursery cultivation should promote large seedlings, especially for stress sensitive angiosperms planted in humid sites and for stress-resistant species planted in dry sites.",
journal = "Ecological Applications",
title = "Climate and species stress resistance modulate the higher survival of large seedlings in forest restorations worldwide",
number = "6",
volume = "31",
doi = "10.1002/eap.2394",
url = "conv_1565"
}

Andivia, E., Villar-Salvador, P., Oliet, J. A., Puertolas, J., Dumroese, R. K., Molina-Venegas, R., Arellano, E. C., Li, G., Ovalle, J. F.,& Ivetić, V.. (2021). Climate and species stress resistance modulate the higher survival of large seedlings in forest restorations worldwide. in Ecological Applications, 31(6).
https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2394
conv_1565

Andivia E, Villar-Salvador P, Oliet JA, Puertolas J, Dumroese RK, Molina-Venegas R, Arellano EC, Li G, Ovalle JF, Ivetić V. Climate and species stress resistance modulate the higher survival of large seedlings in forest restorations worldwide. in Ecological Applications. 2021;31(6).
doi:10.1002/eap.2394
conv_1565 .

Andivia, Enrique, Villar-Salvador, Pedro, Oliet, Juan A., Puertolas, Jaime, Dumroese, R. Kasten, Molina-Venegas, Rafael, Arellano, Eduardo C., Li, Guolei, Ovalle, Juan F., Ivetić, Vladan, "Climate and species stress resistance modulate the higher survival of large seedlings in forest restorations worldwide" in Ecological Applications, 31, no. 6 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2394 .,
conv_1565 .