A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality
Jazyk angličtina Země Anglie, Velká Británie Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
Grantová podpora
T 667
Austrian Science Fund FWF - Austria
PubMed
27759919
DOI
10.1111/gcb.13535
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
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- angiosperms, death, drought, growth, gymnosperms, pathogens, ring-width, tree mortality,
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- stromy růst a vývoj MeSH
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Tree mortality is a key factor influencing forest functions and dynamics, but our understanding of the mechanisms leading to mortality and the associated changes in tree growth rates are still limited. We compiled a new pan-continental tree-ring width database from sites where both dead and living trees were sampled (2970 dead and 4224 living trees from 190 sites, including 36 species), and compared early and recent growth rates between trees that died and those that survived a given mortality event. We observed a decrease in radial growth before death in ca. 84% of the mortality events. The extent and duration of these reductions were highly variable (1-100 years in 96% of events) due to the complex interactions among study species and the source(s) of mortality. Strong and long-lasting declines were found for gymnosperms, shade- and drought-tolerant species, and trees that died from competition. Angiosperms and trees that died due to biotic attacks (especially bark-beetles) typically showed relatively small and short-term growth reductions. Our analysis did not highlight any universal trade-off between early growth and tree longevity within a species, although this result may also reflect high variability in sampling design among sites. The intersite and interspecific variability in growth patterns before mortality provides valuable information on the nature of the mortality process, which is consistent with our understanding of the physiological mechanisms leading to mortality. Abrupt changes in growth immediately before death can be associated with generalized hydraulic failure and/or bark-beetle attack, while long-term decrease in growth may be associated with a gradual decline in hydraulic performance coupled with depletion in carbon reserves. Our results imply that growth-based mortality algorithms may be a powerful tool for predicting gymnosperm mortality induced by chronic stress, but not necessarily so for angiosperms and in case of intense drought or bark-beetle outbreaks.
Biotechnical Faculty University of Ljubljana Jamnikarjeva 101 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
Centro de Investigación Forestal Carretera La Coruña km 7 5 28040 Madrid Spain
CREAF Campus UAB 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Spain
Department of Biological Sciences University of Cyprus PO Box 20537 1678 Nicosia Cyprus
Department of Biology University of Victoria PO Box 3020 STN CSC Victoria BC V8W 3N5 Canada
Department of Entomology University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR 72701 USA
Department of Forest Sciences University of Helsinki P O Box 27 00014 Helsinki Finland
Department of Geography University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309 0260 USA
Dipartimenti di Bioscienze e Territorio Università del Molise C da Fonte Lappone 86090 Pesche Italy
Division of Plant Biology Department of Biology University of Patras 26500 Patras Greece
Ecologie des Forest Méditerranéennes Domaine Saint Paul Site Agroparc 84914 Avignon Cedex 9 France
European Forest Institute Via E Mach 1 38010 San Michele all'Adige Italy
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Open University of Cyprus Latsia 2252 Nicosia Cyprus
Institute of Botany University of Innsbruck Sternwartestrasse 15 6020 Innsbruck Austria
Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology TU Dresden 01062 Dresden Germany
Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology Ulm University Albert Einstein Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología Avenida Montañana 1005 50192 Zaragoza Spain
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Hans Knöll Strasse 10 07745 Jena Germany
Natural Resources Institute Finland 01301 Vantaa Finland
Natural Resources Institute Finland Viikinkaari 4 00790 Helsinki Finland
Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden University PO Box 9517 2300RA Leiden The Netherlands
Unité Mixte de Recherche Université Clermont Auvergne 63100 Clermont Ferrand France
Unité Mixte de Recherche Université de Bordeaux 33615 Pessac France
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès Spain
University of Forestry Kliment Ohridski Street 10 1756 Sofia Bulgaria
University of Minnesota 600 East 4th Street Morris MN 56267 USA
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