TY  - JOUR
AU  - del Rio, Miren
AU  - Vergarechea, Marta
AU  - Hilmers, Torben
AU  - Alday, Josu G.
AU  - Avdagić, Admir
AU  - Binder, Franz
AU  - Bosela, Michal
AU  - Dobor, Laura
AU  - Forrester, David I.
AU  - Halilović, Velid
AU  - Ibrahimspahić, Aida
AU  - Klopcić, Matija
AU  - Levesque, Mathieu
AU  - Nagel, Thomas A.
AU  - Sitkov, Zuzana
AU  - Schuetze, Gerhard
AU  - Stajić, Branko
AU  - Stojanović, Dejan
AU  - Uhl, Enno
AU  - Zlatanov, Tzvetan
AU  - Tognetti, Roberto
AU  - Pretzsch, Hans
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1275
AB  - Spruce-fir-beech mixed forests cover a large area in European mountain regions, with high ecological and socioeconomic importance. As elevation-zone systems they are highly affected by climate change, which is modifying species growth patterns and productivity shifts among species. The extent to which associated tree species can access resources and grow asynchronously may affect their resistance and persistence under climate change. Intra-specific synchrony in annual tree growth is a good indicator of species specific dependence on environmental conditions variability. However, little attention has been paid to explore the role of the inter-specific growth asynchrony in the adaptation of mixed forests to climate change. Here we used a database of 1790 treering series collected from 28 experimental plots in spruce-fir-beech mixed forests across Europe to explore how spatio-temporal patterns of the intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony relate to climate variation during the past century. We further examined whether synchrony in growth response to inter-annual environmental fluctuations depended on site conditions. We found that the inter-specific growth synchrony was always lower than the intra-specific synchrony, for both high (inter-annual fluctuations) and low frequency (mid- to long-term) growth variation, suggesting between species niche complementarity at both temporal levels. Intra- and inter -specific synchronies in inter-annual growth fluctuations significantly changed along elevation, being greater at higher elevations. Moreover, the climate warming likely induced temporal changes in synchrony, but the effect varied along the elevation gradient. The synchrony strongly intensified at lower elevations likely due to climate warming and drying conditions. Our results suggest that intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony can be used as an indicator of temporal niche complementarity among species. We conclude that spruce-fir-beech mixtures should be preferred against mono-specific forests to buffer climate change impacts in mountain regions.
T2  - Forest Ecology and Management
T1  - Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests
VL  - 479
DO  - 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118587
UR  - conv_1512
ER  - 

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author = "del Rio, Miren and Vergarechea, Marta and Hilmers, Torben and Alday, Josu G. and Avdagić, Admir and Binder, Franz and Bosela, Michal and Dobor, Laura and Forrester, David I. and Halilović, Velid and Ibrahimspahić, Aida and Klopcić, Matija and Levesque, Mathieu and Nagel, Thomas A. and Sitkov, Zuzana and Schuetze, Gerhard and Stajić, Branko and Stojanović, Dejan and Uhl, Enno and Zlatanov, Tzvetan and Tognetti, Roberto and Pretzsch, Hans",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Spruce-fir-beech mixed forests cover a large area in European mountain regions, with high ecological and socioeconomic importance. As elevation-zone systems they are highly affected by climate change, which is modifying species growth patterns and productivity shifts among species. The extent to which associated tree species can access resources and grow asynchronously may affect their resistance and persistence under climate change. Intra-specific synchrony in annual tree growth is a good indicator of species specific dependence on environmental conditions variability. However, little attention has been paid to explore the role of the inter-specific growth asynchrony in the adaptation of mixed forests to climate change. Here we used a database of 1790 treering series collected from 28 experimental plots in spruce-fir-beech mixed forests across Europe to explore how spatio-temporal patterns of the intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony relate to climate variation during the past century. We further examined whether synchrony in growth response to inter-annual environmental fluctuations depended on site conditions. We found that the inter-specific growth synchrony was always lower than the intra-specific synchrony, for both high (inter-annual fluctuations) and low frequency (mid- to long-term) growth variation, suggesting between species niche complementarity at both temporal levels. Intra- and inter -specific synchronies in inter-annual growth fluctuations significantly changed along elevation, being greater at higher elevations. Moreover, the climate warming likely induced temporal changes in synchrony, but the effect varied along the elevation gradient. The synchrony strongly intensified at lower elevations likely due to climate warming and drying conditions. Our results suggest that intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony can be used as an indicator of temporal niche complementarity among species. We conclude that spruce-fir-beech mixtures should be preferred against mono-specific forests to buffer climate change impacts in mountain regions.",
journal = "Forest Ecology and Management",
title = "Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests",
volume = "479",
doi = "10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118587",
url = "conv_1512"
}

del Rio, M., Vergarechea, M., Hilmers, T., Alday, J. G., Avdagić, A., Binder, F., Bosela, M., Dobor, L., Forrester, D. I., Halilović, V., Ibrahimspahić, A., Klopcić, M., Levesque, M., Nagel, T. A., Sitkov, Z., Schuetze, G., Stajić, B., Stojanović, D., Uhl, E., Zlatanov, T., Tognetti, R.,& Pretzsch, H.. (2021). Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests. in Forest Ecology and Management, 479.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118587
conv_1512

del Rio M, Vergarechea M, Hilmers T, Alday JG, Avdagić A, Binder F, Bosela M, Dobor L, Forrester DI, Halilović V, Ibrahimspahić A, Klopcić M, Levesque M, Nagel TA, Sitkov Z, Schuetze G, Stajić B, Stojanović D, Uhl E, Zlatanov T, Tognetti R, Pretzsch H. Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests. in Forest Ecology and Management. 2021;479.
doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118587
conv_1512 .

del Rio, Miren, Vergarechea, Marta, Hilmers, Torben, Alday, Josu G., Avdagić, Admir, Binder, Franz, Bosela, Michal, Dobor, Laura, Forrester, David I., Halilović, Velid, Ibrahimspahić, Aida, Klopcić, Matija, Levesque, Mathieu, Nagel, Thomas A., Sitkov, Zuzana, Schuetze, Gerhard, Stajić, Branko, Stojanović, Dejan, Uhl, Enno, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Tognetti, Roberto, Pretzsch, Hans, "Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests" in Forest Ecology and Management, 479 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118587 .,
conv_1512 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hilmers, Torben
AU  - Avdagić, Admir
AU  - Bartkowicz, Leszek
AU  - Bielak, Kamil
AU  - Binder, Franz
AU  - Boncina, Andrej
AU  - Dobor, Laura
AU  - Forrester, David I.
AU  - Hobi, Martina L.
AU  - Ibrahimspahić, Aida
AU  - Jaworski, Andrzej
AU  - Klopcić, Matija
AU  - Matović, Bratislav
AU  - Nagel, Thomas A.
AU  - Petras, Rudolf
AU  - del Rio, Miren
AU  - Stajić, Branko
AU  - Uhl, Enno
AU  - Zlatanov, Tzvetan
AU  - Tognetti, Roberto
AU  - Pretzsch, Hans
PY  - 2019
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1006
AB  - Mixed mountain forests of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst), and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) cover a total area of more than 10 million hectares in Europe. Due to altitudinal zoning, these forests are particularly vulnerable to climate change. However, as little is known about the long-term development of the productivity and the adaptation and mitigation potential of these forest systems in Europe, reliable information on productivity is required for sustainable forest management. Using generalized additive mixed models this study investigated 60 long-term experimental plots and provides information about the productivity of mixed mountain forests across a variety of European mountain areas in a standardized way for the first time. The average periodic annual volume increment (PAI) of these forests amounts to 9.3 m(3)ha(-1)y(-1). Despite a significant increase in annual mean temperature the PAI has not changed significantly over the last 30 years. However, at the species level, we found significant changes in the growth dynamics. While beech had a PAI of 8.2 m(3)ha(-1)y(-1) over the entire period (1980-2010), the PAI of spruce dropped significantly from 14.2 to 10.8 m(3)ha(-1)y(-1), and the PAI of fir rose significantly from 7.2 to 11.3 m(3)ha(-1)y(-1). Consequently, we observed stable stand volume increments in relation to climate change.
T2  - Forestry
T1  - The productivity of mixed mountain forests comprised of Fagus sylvatica , Picea abies , and Abies alba across Europe
EP  - 522
IS  - 5
SP  - 512
VL  - 92
DO  - 10.1093/forestry/cpz035
UR  - conv_1477
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Hilmers, Torben and Avdagić, Admir and Bartkowicz, Leszek and Bielak, Kamil and Binder, Franz and Boncina, Andrej and Dobor, Laura and Forrester, David I. and Hobi, Martina L. and Ibrahimspahić, Aida and Jaworski, Andrzej and Klopcić, Matija and Matović, Bratislav and Nagel, Thomas A. and Petras, Rudolf and del Rio, Miren and Stajić, Branko and Uhl, Enno and Zlatanov, Tzvetan and Tognetti, Roberto and Pretzsch, Hans",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Mixed mountain forests of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst), and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) cover a total area of more than 10 million hectares in Europe. Due to altitudinal zoning, these forests are particularly vulnerable to climate change. However, as little is known about the long-term development of the productivity and the adaptation and mitigation potential of these forest systems in Europe, reliable information on productivity is required for sustainable forest management. Using generalized additive mixed models this study investigated 60 long-term experimental plots and provides information about the productivity of mixed mountain forests across a variety of European mountain areas in a standardized way for the first time. The average periodic annual volume increment (PAI) of these forests amounts to 9.3 m(3)ha(-1)y(-1). Despite a significant increase in annual mean temperature the PAI has not changed significantly over the last 30 years. However, at the species level, we found significant changes in the growth dynamics. While beech had a PAI of 8.2 m(3)ha(-1)y(-1) over the entire period (1980-2010), the PAI of spruce dropped significantly from 14.2 to 10.8 m(3)ha(-1)y(-1), and the PAI of fir rose significantly from 7.2 to 11.3 m(3)ha(-1)y(-1). Consequently, we observed stable stand volume increments in relation to climate change.",
journal = "Forestry",
title = "The productivity of mixed mountain forests comprised of Fagus sylvatica , Picea abies , and Abies alba across Europe",
pages = "522-512",
number = "5",
volume = "92",
doi = "10.1093/forestry/cpz035",
url = "conv_1477"
}

Hilmers, T., Avdagić, A., Bartkowicz, L., Bielak, K., Binder, F., Boncina, A., Dobor, L., Forrester, D. I., Hobi, M. L., Ibrahimspahić, A., Jaworski, A., Klopcić, M., Matović, B., Nagel, T. A., Petras, R., del Rio, M., Stajić, B., Uhl, E., Zlatanov, T., Tognetti, R.,& Pretzsch, H.. (2019). The productivity of mixed mountain forests comprised of Fagus sylvatica , Picea abies , and Abies alba across Europe. in Forestry, 92(5), 512-522.
https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpz035
conv_1477

Hilmers T, Avdagić A, Bartkowicz L, Bielak K, Binder F, Boncina A, Dobor L, Forrester DI, Hobi ML, Ibrahimspahić A, Jaworski A, Klopcić M, Matović B, Nagel TA, Petras R, del Rio M, Stajić B, Uhl E, Zlatanov T, Tognetti R, Pretzsch H. The productivity of mixed mountain forests comprised of Fagus sylvatica , Picea abies , and Abies alba across Europe. in Forestry. 2019;92(5):512-522.
doi:10.1093/forestry/cpz035
conv_1477 .

Hilmers, Torben, Avdagić, Admir, Bartkowicz, Leszek, Bielak, Kamil, Binder, Franz, Boncina, Andrej, Dobor, Laura, Forrester, David I., Hobi, Martina L., Ibrahimspahić, Aida, Jaworski, Andrzej, Klopcić, Matija, Matović, Bratislav, Nagel, Thomas A., Petras, Rudolf, del Rio, Miren, Stajić, Branko, Uhl, Enno, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Tognetti, Roberto, Pretzsch, Hans, "The productivity of mixed mountain forests comprised of Fagus sylvatica , Picea abies , and Abies alba across Europe" in Forestry, 92, no. 5 (2019):512-522,
https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpz035 .,
conv_1477 .