A new multifactorial approach for studying intra-annual secondary growth dynamics in Mediterranean mixed forests Integrating biotic and abiotic interactions
Studying intra-annual growth dynamics through a modelling approach has proved useful for characterizing differences in wood phenology between species and deviations from the expected tree growth due to climate change. The aim of this paper was to determine the climatic factors and the inter- and intra-specific competition traits that drive intra-annual secondary growth dynamics in three Mediterranean tree species that naturally co-exist in the Spanish Northern Plateau (Pinus pinea L., Juniperus thurifera L., and Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.). For this purpose, we obtained girth increment data from band dendrometers installed on 58 trees from May 2012 to April 2015. Half of them were located in a high-density plot and half were in a low-density plot. These data were analysed through a nonlinear multifactorial model considering daily and cumulative climatic effects together with inter- and intra-specific competition indices. Our results provide evidence of a spatiotemporal niche separation between species. Compared with other species, Q. ilex subsp. ballota showed a wider thermal amplitude, a higher mean optimum temperature for growth, and a milder effect of drought on its secondary growth. Under current climate change projections, simulations based on our model predict a secondary growth reduction for P. pinea and a growth enhancement for Q. ilex subsp. ballota in these Mediterranean mixtures.
Main Authors: | de-Dios-García, J., Manso, R., Calama Sainz, Rafael Argimiro, Fortin, M., Pardos Mínguez, Marta |
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Format: | artículo biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
2018
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Subjects: | Dendromètres, Peuplements mixtes, Changement climatique, Modèles mixtes non-linéaires, Espèces méditerranéennes, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/934 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/291203 |
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