TY  - JOUR
AU  - Klesse, S.
AU  - Peters, R.
AU  - Alfaro-Sánchez, R.
AU  - Badeau, V.
AU  - Baittinger, C.
AU  - Battipaglia, Giovanna
AU  - Bert, D.
AU  - Biondi, F.
AU  - Bosela, Michal
AU  - Budeanu, M.
AU  - Cada, Vojtech
AU  - Camarero, J.
AU  - Cavin, Liam
AU  - Claessens, H.
AU  - Cretan, A.-M.
AU  - Čufar, K.
AU  - de Luis, M.
AU  - Dorado-Liñán, I.
AU  - Dulamsuren, C.
AU  - Espelta, J.
AU  - Garamszegi, B.
AU  - Grabner, M.
AU  - Gricar, J.
AU  - Hacket-Pain, Andrew
AU  - Hansen, J.
AU  - Hartl, C.
AU  - Hevia, A.
AU  - Hobi, M.
AU  - Janda, P.
AU  - Jump, A.
AU  - Kašpar, J.
AU  - Kazimirović, Marko
AU  - Keren, Srđan
AU  - Kreyling, J.
AU  - Land, A.
AU  - Latte, N.
AU  - Lebourgeois, F.
AU  - Leuschner, C.
AU  - Levesque, Mathieu
AU  - Longares, L.
AU  - del Castillo, E.
AU  - Menzel, A.
AU  - Merela, M.
AU  - Mikoláš, M.
AU  - Motta, Renzo
AU  - Muffler, L.
AU  - Neycken, A.
AU  - Nola, P.
AU  - Panayotov, Momchil
AU  - Petritan, Any Mary
AU  - Petritan, I.
AU  - Popa, I.
AU  - Prislan, Peter
AU  - Levanič, T.
AU  - Roibu, Catalin-Constantin
AU  - Rubio-Cuadrado, Alvaro
AU  - Sanchez-Salguero, Raul
AU  - Šamonil, P.
AU  - Stajić, Branko
AU  - Svoboda, Miroslav
AU  - Tognetti, Roberto
AU  - Toromani, Elvin
AU  - Trotsiuk, Volodymyr
AU  - van der Maaten, Ernst
AU  - Van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke
AU  - Vannoppen, A.
AU  - Vašíčková, I.
AU  - von Arx, G.
AU  - Wilmking, Martin
AU  - Weigel, Robert
AU  - Zlatanov, Tzvetan
AU  - Zang, Christian
AU  - Buras, A.
PY  - 2024
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1467
AB  - With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on forest ecosystems with negative impacts on tree growth, vitality, and survival. How individual tree species will react to increased drought stress is therefore a key research question to address for carbon accounting and the development of climate change mitigation strategies. Recent tree-ring studies have shown that trees at higher latitudes will benefit from warmer temperatures, yet this is likely highly species-dependent and less well-known for more temperate tree species. Using a unique pan-European tree-ring network of 26,430 European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees from 2118 sites, we applied a linear mixed-effects modeling framework to (i) explain variation in climate-dependent growth and (ii) project growth for the near future (2021–2050) across the entire distribution of beech. We modeled the spatial pattern of radial growth responses to annually varying climate as a function of mean climate conditions (mean annual temperature, mean annual climatic water balance, and continentality). Over the calibration period (1952–2011), the model yielded high regional explanatory power (R2 = 0.38–0.72). Considering a moderate climate change scenario (CMIP6 SSP2-4.5), beech growth is projected to decrease in the future across most of its distribution range. In particular, projected growth decreases by 12%–18% (interquartile range) in northwestern Central Europe and by 11%–21% in the Mediterranean region. In contrast, climate-driven growth increases are limited to around 13% of the current occurrence, where the historical mean annual temperature was below ~6°C. More specifically, the model predicts a 3%–24% growth increase in the high-elevation clusters of the Alps and Carpathian Arc. Notably, we find little potential for future growth increases (−10 to +2%) at the poleward leading edge in southern Scandinavia. Because in this region beech growth is found to be primarily water-limited, a northward shift in its distributional range will be constrained by water availability.
PB  - John Wiley and Sons Inc
T2  - Global Change Biology
T1  - No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation
IS  - 10
VL  - 30
DO  - 10.1111/gcb.17546
UR  - conv_1849
ER  - 

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author = "Klesse, S. and Peters, R. and Alfaro-Sánchez, R. and Badeau, V. and Baittinger, C. and Battipaglia, Giovanna and Bert, D. and Biondi, F. and Bosela, Michal and Budeanu, M. and Cada, Vojtech and Camarero, J. and Cavin, Liam and Claessens, H. and Cretan, A.-M. and Čufar, K. and de Luis, M. and Dorado-Liñán, I. and Dulamsuren, C. and Espelta, J. and Garamszegi, B. and Grabner, M. and Gricar, J. and Hacket-Pain, Andrew and Hansen, J. and Hartl, C. and Hevia, A. and Hobi, M. and Janda, P. and Jump, A. and Kašpar, J. and Kazimirović, Marko and Keren, Srđan and Kreyling, J. and Land, A. and Latte, N. and Lebourgeois, F. and Leuschner, C. and Levesque, Mathieu and Longares, L. and del Castillo, E. and Menzel, A. and Merela, M. and Mikoláš, M. and Motta, Renzo and Muffler, L. and Neycken, A. and Nola, P. and Panayotov, Momchil and Petritan, Any Mary and Petritan, I. and Popa, I. and Prislan, Peter and Levanič, T. and Roibu, Catalin-Constantin and Rubio-Cuadrado, Alvaro and Sanchez-Salguero, Raul and Šamonil, P. and Stajić, Branko and Svoboda, Miroslav and Tognetti, Roberto and Toromani, Elvin and Trotsiuk, Volodymyr and van der Maaten, Ernst and Van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke and Vannoppen, A. and Vašíčková, I. and von Arx, G. and Wilmking, Martin and Weigel, Robert and Zlatanov, Tzvetan and Zang, Christian and Buras, A.",
year = "2024",
abstract = "With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on forest ecosystems with negative impacts on tree growth, vitality, and survival. How individual tree species will react to increased drought stress is therefore a key research question to address for carbon accounting and the development of climate change mitigation strategies. Recent tree-ring studies have shown that trees at higher latitudes will benefit from warmer temperatures, yet this is likely highly species-dependent and less well-known for more temperate tree species. Using a unique pan-European tree-ring network of 26,430 European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) trees from 2118 sites, we applied a linear mixed-effects modeling framework to (i) explain variation in climate-dependent growth and (ii) project growth for the near future (2021–2050) across the entire distribution of beech. We modeled the spatial pattern of radial growth responses to annually varying climate as a function of mean climate conditions (mean annual temperature, mean annual climatic water balance, and continentality). Over the calibration period (1952–2011), the model yielded high regional explanatory power (R2 = 0.38–0.72). Considering a moderate climate change scenario (CMIP6 SSP2-4.5), beech growth is projected to decrease in the future across most of its distribution range. In particular, projected growth decreases by 12%–18% (interquartile range) in northwestern Central Europe and by 11%–21% in the Mediterranean region. In contrast, climate-driven growth increases are limited to around 13% of the current occurrence, where the historical mean annual temperature was below ~6°C. More specifically, the model predicts a 3%–24% growth increase in the high-elevation clusters of the Alps and Carpathian Arc. Notably, we find little potential for future growth increases (−10 to +2%) at the poleward leading edge in southern Scandinavia. Because in this region beech growth is found to be primarily water-limited, a northward shift in its distributional range will be constrained by water availability.",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc",
journal = "Global Change Biology",
title = "No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation",
number = "10",
volume = "30",
doi = "10.1111/gcb.17546",
url = "conv_1849"
}

Klesse, S., Peters, R., Alfaro-Sánchez, R., Badeau, V., Baittinger, C., Battipaglia, G., Bert, D., Biondi, F., Bosela, M., Budeanu, M., Cada, V., Camarero, J., Cavin, L., Claessens, H., Cretan, A.-M., Čufar, K., de Luis, M., Dorado-Liñán, I., Dulamsuren, C., Espelta, J., Garamszegi, B., Grabner, M., Gricar, J., Hacket-Pain, A., Hansen, J., Hartl, C., Hevia, A., Hobi, M., Janda, P., Jump, A., Kašpar, J., Kazimirović, M., Keren, S., Kreyling, J., Land, A., Latte, N., Lebourgeois, F., Leuschner, C., Levesque, M., Longares, L., del Castillo, E., Menzel, A., Merela, M., Mikoláš, M., Motta, R., Muffler, L., Neycken, A., Nola, P., Panayotov, M., Petritan, A. M., Petritan, I., Popa, I., Prislan, P., Levanič, T., Roibu, C., Rubio-Cuadrado, A., Sanchez-Salguero, R., Šamonil, P., Stajić, B., Svoboda, M., Tognetti, R., Toromani, E., Trotsiuk, V., van der Maaten, E., Van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Vannoppen, A., Vašíčková, I., von Arx, G., Wilmking, M., Weigel, R., Zlatanov, T., Zang, C.,& Buras, A.. (2024). No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation. in Global Change Biology
John Wiley and Sons Inc., 30(10).
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17546
conv_1849

Klesse S, Peters R, Alfaro-Sánchez R, Badeau V, Baittinger C, Battipaglia G, Bert D, Biondi F, Bosela M, Budeanu M, Cada V, Camarero J, Cavin L, Claessens H, Cretan A, Čufar K, de Luis M, Dorado-Liñán I, Dulamsuren C, Espelta J, Garamszegi B, Grabner M, Gricar J, Hacket-Pain A, Hansen J, Hartl C, Hevia A, Hobi M, Janda P, Jump A, Kašpar J, Kazimirović M, Keren S, Kreyling J, Land A, Latte N, Lebourgeois F, Leuschner C, Levesque M, Longares L, del Castillo E, Menzel A, Merela M, Mikoláš M, Motta R, Muffler L, Neycken A, Nola P, Panayotov M, Petritan AM, Petritan I, Popa I, Prislan P, Levanič T, Roibu C, Rubio-Cuadrado A, Sanchez-Salguero R, Šamonil P, Stajić B, Svoboda M, Tognetti R, Toromani E, Trotsiuk V, van der Maaten E, Van der Maaten-Theunissen M, Vannoppen A, Vašíčková I, von Arx G, Wilmking M, Weigel R, Zlatanov T, Zang C, Buras A. No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation. in Global Change Biology. 2024;30(10).
doi:10.1111/gcb.17546
conv_1849 .

Klesse, S., Peters, R., Alfaro-Sánchez, R., Badeau, V., Baittinger, C., Battipaglia, Giovanna, Bert, D., Biondi, F., Bosela, Michal, Budeanu, M., Cada, Vojtech, Camarero, J., Cavin, Liam, Claessens, H., Cretan, A.-M., Čufar, K., de Luis, M., Dorado-Liñán, I., Dulamsuren, C., Espelta, J., Garamszegi, B., Grabner, M., Gricar, J., Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Hansen, J., Hartl, C., Hevia, A., Hobi, M., Janda, P., Jump, A., Kašpar, J., Kazimirović, Marko, Keren, Srđan, Kreyling, J., Land, A., Latte, N., Lebourgeois, F., Leuschner, C., Levesque, Mathieu, Longares, L., del Castillo, E., Menzel, A., Merela, M., Mikoláš, M., Motta, Renzo, Muffler, L., Neycken, A., Nola, P., Panayotov, Momchil, Petritan, Any Mary, Petritan, I., Popa, I., Prislan, Peter, Levanič, T., Roibu, Catalin-Constantin, Rubio-Cuadrado, Alvaro, Sanchez-Salguero, Raul, Šamonil, P., Stajić, Branko, Svoboda, Miroslav, Tognetti, Roberto, Toromani, Elvin, Trotsiuk, Volodymyr, van der Maaten, Ernst, Van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke, Vannoppen, A., Vašíčková, I., von Arx, G., Wilmking, Martin, Weigel, Robert, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Zang, Christian, Buras, A., "No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation" in Global Change Biology, 30, no. 10 (2024),
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17546 .,
conv_1849 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Dorado-Linan, Isabel
AU  - Ayarzaguena, Blanca
AU  - Babst, Flurin
AU  - Xu, Guobao
AU  - Gil, Luis
AU  - Battipaglia, Giovanna
AU  - Buras, Allan
AU  - Cada, Vojtech
AU  - Julio Camarero, J.
AU  - Cavin, Liam
AU  - Claessens, Hugues
AU  - Drobyshev, Igor
AU  - Garamszegi, Balazs
AU  - Grabner, Michael
AU  - Hacket-Pain, Andrew
AU  - Hartl, Claudia
AU  - Hevia, Andrea
AU  - Janda, Pavel
AU  - Jump, Alistair S.
AU  - Kazimirović, Marko
AU  - Keren, Srđan
AU  - Kreyling, Juergen
AU  - Land, Alexander
AU  - Latte, Nicolas
AU  - Levanić, Tom
AU  - van der Maaten, Ernst
AU  - Van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke
AU  - Martinez-Sancho, Elisabet
AU  - Menzel, Annette
AU  - Mikolas, Martin
AU  - Motta, Renzo
AU  - Muffler, Lena
AU  - Nola, Paola
AU  - Panayotov, Momchil
AU  - Petritan, Any Mary
AU  - Petritan, Ion Catalin
AU  - Popa, Ionel
AU  - Prislan, Peter
AU  - Roibu, Catalin-Constantin
AU  - Rydval, Miloš
AU  - Sanchez-Salguero, Raul
AU  - Scharnweber, Tobias
AU  - Stajić, Branko
AU  - Svoboda, Miroslav
AU  - Tegel, Willy
AU  - Teodosiu, Marius
AU  - Toromani, Elvin
AU  - Trotsiuk, Volodymyr
AU  - Turcu, Daniel-Ond
AU  - Weigel, Robert
AU  - Wilmking, Martin
AU  - Zang, Christian
AU  - Zlatanov, Tzvetan
AU  - Trouet, Valerie
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1370
AB  - The mechanistic pathways connecting ocean-atmosphere variability and terrestrial productivity are well-established theoretically, but remain challenging to quantify empirically. Such quantification will greatly improve the assessment and prediction of changes in terrestrial carbon sequestration in response to dynamically induced climatic extremes. The jet stream latitude (JSL) over the North Atlantic-European domain provides a synthetic and robust physical framework that integrates climate variability not accounted for by atmospheric circulation patterns alone. Surface climate impacts of north-south summer JSL displacements are not uniform across Europe, but rather create a northwestern-southeastern dipole in forest productivity and radial-growth anomalies. Summer JSL variability over the eastern North Atlantic-European domain (5-40E) exerts the strongest impact on European beech, inducing anomalies of up to 30% in modelled gross primary productivity and 50% in radial tree growth. The net effects of JSL movements on terrestrial carbon fluxes depend on forest density, carbon stocks, and productivity imbalances across biogeographic regions. Here the authors show that extremes in the summer jet stream position over Europe create a beech forest productivity dipole between northwestern and southeastern Europe and can result in regional anomalies in forest carbon uptake and growth.
T2  - Nature Communications
T1  - Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth
IS  - 1
VL  - 13
DO  - 10.1038/s41467-022-29615-8
UR  - conv_1629
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Dorado-Linan, Isabel and Ayarzaguena, Blanca and Babst, Flurin and Xu, Guobao and Gil, Luis and Battipaglia, Giovanna and Buras, Allan and Cada, Vojtech and Julio Camarero, J. and Cavin, Liam and Claessens, Hugues and Drobyshev, Igor and Garamszegi, Balazs and Grabner, Michael and Hacket-Pain, Andrew and Hartl, Claudia and Hevia, Andrea and Janda, Pavel and Jump, Alistair S. and Kazimirović, Marko and Keren, Srđan and Kreyling, Juergen and Land, Alexander and Latte, Nicolas and Levanić, Tom and van der Maaten, Ernst and Van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke and Martinez-Sancho, Elisabet and Menzel, Annette and Mikolas, Martin and Motta, Renzo and Muffler, Lena and Nola, Paola and Panayotov, Momchil and Petritan, Any Mary and Petritan, Ion Catalin and Popa, Ionel and Prislan, Peter and Roibu, Catalin-Constantin and Rydval, Miloš and Sanchez-Salguero, Raul and Scharnweber, Tobias and Stajić, Branko and Svoboda, Miroslav and Tegel, Willy and Teodosiu, Marius and Toromani, Elvin and Trotsiuk, Volodymyr and Turcu, Daniel-Ond and Weigel, Robert and Wilmking, Martin and Zang, Christian and Zlatanov, Tzvetan and Trouet, Valerie",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The mechanistic pathways connecting ocean-atmosphere variability and terrestrial productivity are well-established theoretically, but remain challenging to quantify empirically. Such quantification will greatly improve the assessment and prediction of changes in terrestrial carbon sequestration in response to dynamically induced climatic extremes. The jet stream latitude (JSL) over the North Atlantic-European domain provides a synthetic and robust physical framework that integrates climate variability not accounted for by atmospheric circulation patterns alone. Surface climate impacts of north-south summer JSL displacements are not uniform across Europe, but rather create a northwestern-southeastern dipole in forest productivity and radial-growth anomalies. Summer JSL variability over the eastern North Atlantic-European domain (5-40E) exerts the strongest impact on European beech, inducing anomalies of up to 30% in modelled gross primary productivity and 50% in radial tree growth. The net effects of JSL movements on terrestrial carbon fluxes depend on forest density, carbon stocks, and productivity imbalances across biogeographic regions. Here the authors show that extremes in the summer jet stream position over Europe create a beech forest productivity dipole between northwestern and southeastern Europe and can result in regional anomalies in forest carbon uptake and growth.",
journal = "Nature Communications",
title = "Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth",
number = "1",
volume = "13",
doi = "10.1038/s41467-022-29615-8",
url = "conv_1629"
}

Dorado-Linan, I., Ayarzaguena, B., Babst, F., Xu, G., Gil, L., Battipaglia, G., Buras, A., Cada, V., Julio Camarero, J., Cavin, L., Claessens, H., Drobyshev, I., Garamszegi, B., Grabner, M., Hacket-Pain, A., Hartl, C., Hevia, A., Janda, P., Jump, A. S., Kazimirović, M., Keren, S., Kreyling, J., Land, A., Latte, N., Levanić, T., van der Maaten, E., Van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., Martinez-Sancho, E., Menzel, A., Mikolas, M., Motta, R., Muffler, L., Nola, P., Panayotov, M., Petritan, A. M., Petritan, I. C., Popa, I., Prislan, P., Roibu, C., Rydval, M., Sanchez-Salguero, R., Scharnweber, T., Stajić, B., Svoboda, M., Tegel, W., Teodosiu, M., Toromani, E., Trotsiuk, V., Turcu, D., Weigel, R., Wilmking, M., Zang, C., Zlatanov, T.,& Trouet, V.. (2022). Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth. in Nature Communications, 13(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29615-8
conv_1629

Dorado-Linan I, Ayarzaguena B, Babst F, Xu G, Gil L, Battipaglia G, Buras A, Cada V, Julio Camarero J, Cavin L, Claessens H, Drobyshev I, Garamszegi B, Grabner M, Hacket-Pain A, Hartl C, Hevia A, Janda P, Jump AS, Kazimirović M, Keren S, Kreyling J, Land A, Latte N, Levanić T, van der Maaten E, Van der Maaten-Theunissen M, Martinez-Sancho E, Menzel A, Mikolas M, Motta R, Muffler L, Nola P, Panayotov M, Petritan AM, Petritan IC, Popa I, Prislan P, Roibu C, Rydval M, Sanchez-Salguero R, Scharnweber T, Stajić B, Svoboda M, Tegel W, Teodosiu M, Toromani E, Trotsiuk V, Turcu D, Weigel R, Wilmking M, Zang C, Zlatanov T, Trouet V. Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth. in Nature Communications. 2022;13(1).
doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29615-8
conv_1629 .

Dorado-Linan, Isabel, Ayarzaguena, Blanca, Babst, Flurin, Xu, Guobao, Gil, Luis, Battipaglia, Giovanna, Buras, Allan, Cada, Vojtech, Julio Camarero, J., Cavin, Liam, Claessens, Hugues, Drobyshev, Igor, Garamszegi, Balazs, Grabner, Michael, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Hartl, Claudia, Hevia, Andrea, Janda, Pavel, Jump, Alistair S., Kazimirović, Marko, Keren, Srđan, Kreyling, Juergen, Land, Alexander, Latte, Nicolas, Levanić, Tom, van der Maaten, Ernst, Van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke, Martinez-Sancho, Elisabet, Menzel, Annette, Mikolas, Martin, Motta, Renzo, Muffler, Lena, Nola, Paola, Panayotov, Momchil, Petritan, Any Mary, Petritan, Ion Catalin, Popa, Ionel, Prislan, Peter, Roibu, Catalin-Constantin, Rydval, Miloš, Sanchez-Salguero, Raul, Scharnweber, Tobias, Stajić, Branko, Svoboda, Miroslav, Tegel, Willy, Teodosiu, Marius, Toromani, Elvin, Trotsiuk, Volodymyr, Turcu, Daniel-Ond, Weigel, Robert, Wilmking, Martin, Zang, Christian, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Trouet, Valerie, "Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth" in Nature Communications, 13, no. 1 (2022),
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29615-8 .,
conv_1629 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Govedar, Zoran
AU  - Krstić, Milun
AU  - Keren, Srđan
AU  - Babić, Violeta
AU  - Zlokapa, Brane
AU  - Kanjevac, Branko
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/925
AB  - Old-growth forests are spontaneously developed forest ecosystems without direct human influence in which only natural processes take place. In this study we analyzed the structural sustainability of beech-fir-spruce old-growth forests on dolomite and limestone in the Bosnian Dinaric Mountains. The field work was carried out on permanent experimental plots of 1.0 hectare in size. Thereby, the diameters (d(1.30)) and the height (h) of all trees within the plots were measured. Based on the available literature, we hypothesized that the structure of old-growth forests provides sustainability through tree-size demographic equilibrium. Thus, the data collected were used to test possible differences between the actual and the theoretically balanced structure in the studied old-growth forests. Statistically significant difference in the actual structure between the two old-growth forests on limestone and dolomite was determined. However, both of them exhibited sustainable diameter distributions. These results point to the importance of preserving old-growth forests for future research as they exemplify the tree-size demographic sustainability and can thus serve as an appropriate reference to managed forests. Concretely, certain structural attributes from old-growth forests could be embedded into the management objectives for increased resilience of managed forests.
T2  - Sustainability
T1  - Actual and Balanced Stand Structure: Examples from Beech-Fir-Spruce Old-Growth Forests in the Area of the Dinarides in Bosnia and Herzegovina
IS  - 2
VL  - 10
DO  - 10.3390/su10020540
UR  - conv_1330
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Govedar, Zoran and Krstić, Milun and Keren, Srđan and Babić, Violeta and Zlokapa, Brane and Kanjevac, Branko",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Old-growth forests are spontaneously developed forest ecosystems without direct human influence in which only natural processes take place. In this study we analyzed the structural sustainability of beech-fir-spruce old-growth forests on dolomite and limestone in the Bosnian Dinaric Mountains. The field work was carried out on permanent experimental plots of 1.0 hectare in size. Thereby, the diameters (d(1.30)) and the height (h) of all trees within the plots were measured. Based on the available literature, we hypothesized that the structure of old-growth forests provides sustainability through tree-size demographic equilibrium. Thus, the data collected were used to test possible differences between the actual and the theoretically balanced structure in the studied old-growth forests. Statistically significant difference in the actual structure between the two old-growth forests on limestone and dolomite was determined. However, both of them exhibited sustainable diameter distributions. These results point to the importance of preserving old-growth forests for future research as they exemplify the tree-size demographic sustainability and can thus serve as an appropriate reference to managed forests. Concretely, certain structural attributes from old-growth forests could be embedded into the management objectives for increased resilience of managed forests.",
journal = "Sustainability",
title = "Actual and Balanced Stand Structure: Examples from Beech-Fir-Spruce Old-Growth Forests in the Area of the Dinarides in Bosnia and Herzegovina",
number = "2",
volume = "10",
doi = "10.3390/su10020540",
url = "conv_1330"
}

Govedar, Z., Krstić, M., Keren, S., Babić, V., Zlokapa, B.,& Kanjevac, B.. (2018). Actual and Balanced Stand Structure: Examples from Beech-Fir-Spruce Old-Growth Forests in the Area of the Dinarides in Bosnia and Herzegovina. in Sustainability, 10(2).
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020540
conv_1330

Govedar Z, Krstić M, Keren S, Babić V, Zlokapa B, Kanjevac B. Actual and Balanced Stand Structure: Examples from Beech-Fir-Spruce Old-Growth Forests in the Area of the Dinarides in Bosnia and Herzegovina. in Sustainability. 2018;10(2).
doi:10.3390/su10020540
conv_1330 .

Govedar, Zoran, Krstić, Milun, Keren, Srđan, Babić, Violeta, Zlokapa, Brane, Kanjevac, Branko, "Actual and Balanced Stand Structure: Examples from Beech-Fir-Spruce Old-Growth Forests in the Area of the Dinarides in Bosnia and Herzegovina" in Sustainability, 10, no. 2 (2018),
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020540 .,
conv_1330 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Keren, Srđan
AU  - Medarević, Milan
AU  - Obradović, Snežana
AU  - Zlokapa, Brane
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/941
AB  - The recent research has indicated that restoration of old-growth attributes such as large-sized living trees and snags contributes to sustaining biodiversity on the landscape level. The extent to which these attributes are restored, maintained, or diminished by total salvage logging, selection silviculture, and strict protection has been partly investigated in the past. However, studies examining the influence of partial salvage logging are largely absent. Thus, we compared long-term structural and compositional changes in three montane beech-fir-spruce stands in Serbia that were exposed to different management regimes for five decades (partial salvage logging, selection silviculture, and strict protection). Tree species composition of partly salvaged stand and selection stand significantly differed from that in the adjacent unmanaged stand. However, the diameter distributions of compared stands often exhibited the same structural forms in certain periods, despite the greater share of large-size trees in the unmanaged stand. The study indicated that managing for old-growth attributes such as large trees may be possible by applying not only rotated sigmoid and negative exponential structures, but also the increasing-q diameter structure as high basal areas in studied beech-fir-spruce stands did not impair the ingrowth of young trees when conifers dominated the upperstory. The study further revealed that partial salvaging may serve as a sound alternative to promoting old-growth attributes such as large veteran trees and snags.
T2  - Forests
T1  - Five Decades of Structural and Compositional Changes in Managed and Unmanaged Montane Stands: A Case Study from South-East Europe
IS  - 8
VL  - 9
DO  - 10.3390/f9080479
UR  - conv_1366
ER  - 

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author = "Keren, Srđan and Medarević, Milan and Obradović, Snežana and Zlokapa, Brane",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The recent research has indicated that restoration of old-growth attributes such as large-sized living trees and snags contributes to sustaining biodiversity on the landscape level. The extent to which these attributes are restored, maintained, or diminished by total salvage logging, selection silviculture, and strict protection has been partly investigated in the past. However, studies examining the influence of partial salvage logging are largely absent. Thus, we compared long-term structural and compositional changes in three montane beech-fir-spruce stands in Serbia that were exposed to different management regimes for five decades (partial salvage logging, selection silviculture, and strict protection). Tree species composition of partly salvaged stand and selection stand significantly differed from that in the adjacent unmanaged stand. However, the diameter distributions of compared stands often exhibited the same structural forms in certain periods, despite the greater share of large-size trees in the unmanaged stand. The study indicated that managing for old-growth attributes such as large trees may be possible by applying not only rotated sigmoid and negative exponential structures, but also the increasing-q diameter structure as high basal areas in studied beech-fir-spruce stands did not impair the ingrowth of young trees when conifers dominated the upperstory. The study further revealed that partial salvaging may serve as a sound alternative to promoting old-growth attributes such as large veteran trees and snags.",
journal = "Forests",
title = "Five Decades of Structural and Compositional Changes in Managed and Unmanaged Montane Stands: A Case Study from South-East Europe",
number = "8",
volume = "9",
doi = "10.3390/f9080479",
url = "conv_1366"
}

Keren, S., Medarević, M., Obradović, S.,& Zlokapa, B.. (2018). Five Decades of Structural and Compositional Changes in Managed and Unmanaged Montane Stands: A Case Study from South-East Europe. in Forests, 9(8).
https://doi.org/10.3390/f9080479
conv_1366

Keren S, Medarević M, Obradović S, Zlokapa B. Five Decades of Structural and Compositional Changes in Managed and Unmanaged Montane Stands: A Case Study from South-East Europe. in Forests. 2018;9(8).
doi:10.3390/f9080479
conv_1366 .

Keren, Srđan, Medarević, Milan, Obradović, Snežana, Zlokapa, Brane, "Five Decades of Structural and Compositional Changes in Managed and Unmanaged Montane Stands: A Case Study from South-East Europe" in Forests, 9, no. 8 (2018),
https://doi.org/10.3390/f9080479 .,
conv_1366 .