TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pretzsch, Hans
AU  - Hilmers, Torben
AU  - Uhl, Enno
AU  - Bielak, Kamil
AU  - Bosela, Michal
AU  - del Rio, Miren
AU  - Dobor, Laura
AU  - Forrester, David I.
AU  - Nagel, Thomas A.
AU  - Pach, Maciej
AU  - Avdagić, Admir
AU  - Bellan, Michal
AU  - Binder, Franz
AU  - Boncina, Andrej
AU  - Bravo, Felipe
AU  - de-Dios-Garcia, Javier
AU  - Dinca, Lucian
AU  - Drozdowski, Stanislaw
AU  - Giammarchi, Francesco
AU  - Hoehn, Maria
AU  - Ibrahimspahić, Aida
AU  - Jaworski, Andrzej
AU  - Klopcić, Matija
AU  - Kurylyak, Viktor
AU  - Levesque, Mathieu
AU  - Lombardi, Fabio
AU  - Matović, Bratislav
AU  - Ordonez, Cristobal
AU  - Petras, Rudolf
AU  - Rubio-Cuadrado, Alvaro
AU  - Stojanović, Dejan
AU  - Skrzyszewski, Jerzy
AU  - Stajić, Branko
AU  - Svoboda, Miroslav
AU  - Versace, Soraya
AU  - Zlatanov, Tzvetan
AU  - Tognetti, Roberto
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1170
AB  - Recent studies show that several tree species are spreading to higher latitudes and elevations due to climate change. European beech, presently dominating from the colline to the subalpine vegetation belt, is already present in upper montane subalpine forests and has a high potential to further advance to higher elevations in European mountain forests, where the temperature is predicted to further increase in the near future. Although essential for adaptive silviculture, it remains unknown whether the upward shift of beech could be assisted when it is mixed with Norway spruce or silver fir compared with mono-specific stands, as the species interactions under such conditions are hardly known. In this study, we posed the general hypotheses that the growth depending on age of European beech in mountain forests was similar in mono-specific and mixed-species stands and remained stable over time and space in the last two centuries. The scrutiny of these hypotheses was based on increment coring of 1240 dominant beech trees in 45 plots in mono-specific stands of beech and in 46 mixed mountain forests. We found that (i) on average, mean tree diameter increased linearly with age. The age trend was linear in both forest types, but the slope of the age-growth relationship was higher in mono-specific than in mixed mountain forests. (ii) Beech growth in mono-specific stands was stronger reduced with increasing elevation than that in mixed-species stands. (iii) Beech growth in mono-specific stands was on average higher than beech growth in mixed stands. However, at elevations  gt  1200 m, growth of beech in mixed stands was higher than that in mono-specific stands. Differences in the growth patterns among elevation zones are less pronounced now than in the past, in both mono-specific and mixed stands. As the higher and longer persisting growth rates extend the flexibility of suitable ages or size for tree harvest and removal, the longer-lasting growth may be of special relevance for multi-aged silviculture concepts. On top of their function for structure and habitat improvement, the remaining old trees may grow more in mass and value than assumed so far.
T2  - European Journal of Forest Research
T1  - European beech stem diameter grows better in mixed than in mono-specific stands at the edge of its distribution in mountain forests
EP  - 145
IS  - 1
SP  - 127
VL  - 140
DO  - 10.1007/s10342-020-01319-y
UR  - conv_929
ER  - 

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author = "Pretzsch, Hans and Hilmers, Torben and Uhl, Enno and Bielak, Kamil and Bosela, Michal and del Rio, Miren and Dobor, Laura and Forrester, David I. and Nagel, Thomas A. and Pach, Maciej and Avdagić, Admir and Bellan, Michal and Binder, Franz and Boncina, Andrej and Bravo, Felipe and de-Dios-Garcia, Javier and Dinca, Lucian and Drozdowski, Stanislaw and Giammarchi, Francesco and Hoehn, Maria and Ibrahimspahić, Aida and Jaworski, Andrzej and Klopcić, Matija and Kurylyak, Viktor and Levesque, Mathieu and Lombardi, Fabio and Matović, Bratislav and Ordonez, Cristobal and Petras, Rudolf and Rubio-Cuadrado, Alvaro and Stojanović, Dejan and Skrzyszewski, Jerzy and Stajić, Branko and Svoboda, Miroslav and Versace, Soraya and Zlatanov, Tzvetan and Tognetti, Roberto",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Recent studies show that several tree species are spreading to higher latitudes and elevations due to climate change. European beech, presently dominating from the colline to the subalpine vegetation belt, is already present in upper montane subalpine forests and has a high potential to further advance to higher elevations in European mountain forests, where the temperature is predicted to further increase in the near future. Although essential for adaptive silviculture, it remains unknown whether the upward shift of beech could be assisted when it is mixed with Norway spruce or silver fir compared with mono-specific stands, as the species interactions under such conditions are hardly known. In this study, we posed the general hypotheses that the growth depending on age of European beech in mountain forests was similar in mono-specific and mixed-species stands and remained stable over time and space in the last two centuries. The scrutiny of these hypotheses was based on increment coring of 1240 dominant beech trees in 45 plots in mono-specific stands of beech and in 46 mixed mountain forests. We found that (i) on average, mean tree diameter increased linearly with age. The age trend was linear in both forest types, but the slope of the age-growth relationship was higher in mono-specific than in mixed mountain forests. (ii) Beech growth in mono-specific stands was stronger reduced with increasing elevation than that in mixed-species stands. (iii) Beech growth in mono-specific stands was on average higher than beech growth in mixed stands. However, at elevations  gt  1200 m, growth of beech in mixed stands was higher than that in mono-specific stands. Differences in the growth patterns among elevation zones are less pronounced now than in the past, in both mono-specific and mixed stands. As the higher and longer persisting growth rates extend the flexibility of suitable ages or size for tree harvest and removal, the longer-lasting growth may be of special relevance for multi-aged silviculture concepts. On top of their function for structure and habitat improvement, the remaining old trees may grow more in mass and value than assumed so far.",
journal = "European Journal of Forest Research",
title = "European beech stem diameter grows better in mixed than in mono-specific stands at the edge of its distribution in mountain forests",
pages = "145-127",
number = "1",
volume = "140",
doi = "10.1007/s10342-020-01319-y",
url = "conv_929"
}

Pretzsch, H., Hilmers, T., Uhl, E., Bielak, K., Bosela, M., del Rio, M., Dobor, L., Forrester, D. I., Nagel, T. A., Pach, M., Avdagić, A., Bellan, M., Binder, F., Boncina, A., Bravo, F., de-Dios-Garcia, J., Dinca, L., Drozdowski, S., Giammarchi, F., Hoehn, M., Ibrahimspahić, A., Jaworski, A., Klopcić, M., Kurylyak, V., Levesque, M., Lombardi, F., Matović, B., Ordonez, C., Petras, R., Rubio-Cuadrado, A., Stojanović, D., Skrzyszewski, J., Stajić, B., Svoboda, M., Versace, S., Zlatanov, T.,& Tognetti, R.. (2021). European beech stem diameter grows better in mixed than in mono-specific stands at the edge of its distribution in mountain forests. in European Journal of Forest Research, 140(1), 127-145.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-020-01319-y
conv_929

Pretzsch H, Hilmers T, Uhl E, Bielak K, Bosela M, del Rio M, Dobor L, Forrester DI, Nagel TA, Pach M, Avdagić A, Bellan M, Binder F, Boncina A, Bravo F, de-Dios-Garcia J, Dinca L, Drozdowski S, Giammarchi F, Hoehn M, Ibrahimspahić A, Jaworski A, Klopcić M, Kurylyak V, Levesque M, Lombardi F, Matović B, Ordonez C, Petras R, Rubio-Cuadrado A, Stojanović D, Skrzyszewski J, Stajić B, Svoboda M, Versace S, Zlatanov T, Tognetti R. European beech stem diameter grows better in mixed than in mono-specific stands at the edge of its distribution in mountain forests. in European Journal of Forest Research. 2021;140(1):127-145.
doi:10.1007/s10342-020-01319-y
conv_929 .

Pretzsch, Hans, Hilmers, Torben, Uhl, Enno, Bielak, Kamil, Bosela, Michal, del Rio, Miren, Dobor, Laura, Forrester, David I., Nagel, Thomas A., Pach, Maciej, Avdagić, Admir, Bellan, Michal, Binder, Franz, Boncina, Andrej, Bravo, Felipe, de-Dios-Garcia, Javier, Dinca, Lucian, Drozdowski, Stanislaw, Giammarchi, Francesco, Hoehn, Maria, Ibrahimspahić, Aida, Jaworski, Andrzej, Klopcić, Matija, Kurylyak, Viktor, Levesque, Mathieu, Lombardi, Fabio, Matović, Bratislav, Ordonez, Cristobal, Petras, Rudolf, Rubio-Cuadrado, Alvaro, Stojanović, Dejan, Skrzyszewski, Jerzy, Stajić, Branko, Svoboda, Miroslav, Versace, Soraya, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Tognetti, Roberto, "European beech stem diameter grows better in mixed than in mono-specific stands at the edge of its distribution in mountain forests" in European Journal of Forest Research, 140, no. 1 (2021):127-145,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-020-01319-y .,
conv_929 .