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1. Aboveground and belowground biomass allocation patterns in two Mediterranean oaks with contrasting leaf habit: an insight into carbon stock in young oak coppices

Author:
Cotillas, Miriam; Espelta, Josep Maria; Sánchez-Costa, Elisenda; Sabaté, Santiago
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 243-252
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Quercus ilex; aboveground biomass; allometry; basins; belowground biomass; carbon; carbon sinks; clearcutting; climate change; coppicing; dry matter partitioning; equations; forest inventory; forests; leaves; roots; trees; wildfires
Abstract:
... In the last decades, the global interest in the role of forests as carbon sinks has grown, and thus, studies aimed at estimating tree biomass have progressively increased. However, few surveys have focused on young coppices, although they are abundant worldwide in areas regenerating after disturbance (e.g. wildfire, clearcutting). In the Mediterranean Basin, young coppices are very frequent, and m ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-015-0932-9

2. A climate-sensitive empirical growth and yield model for forest management planning of even-aged beech stands

Author:
Trasobares, Antoni; Zingg, Andreas; Walthert, Lorenz; Bigler, Christof
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 263-282
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Fagus sylvatica; basal area; climate; climate change; drought; forest inventory; forest management; heat sums; models; planning; trees; uncertainty; water balance; Switzerland
Abstract:
... The optimization of forest management under climate change uncertainty requires a comparison of many alternative management options under different climate scenarios and the use of stochastic and adaptive approaches. Empirical growth and yield models are highly suitable for this, provided they include sensitivity to environmental influences. Here, we present a climate-sensitive empirical growth an ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-015-0934-7

3. Apical dominance ratio as an indicator of the growth conditions favouring Abies alba natural regeneration under Mediterranean environment

Author:
Ripullone, Francesco; Gentilesca, Tiziana; Lauteri, Marco; Rita, Angelo; Rivelli, Anna Rita; Schettino, Aldo; Borghetti, Marco
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 377-387
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Abies alba; Fagus sylvatica; Mediterranean climate; apical dominance; branches; carbon; carbon dioxide; forest management; forests; isotopes; managers; microclimate; mixed stands; mountains; natural regeneration; oxygen; photosynthesis; planning; root crown; saplings; water use efficiency; Italy; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... As reported in several studies, the presence of Abies alba Mill (silver fir) has been declining throughout its natural range over a large part of mountainous belt in the Mediterranean area. In such a context, regeneration establishment depends mainly on the occurrence of a suitable combination of water and light availability. Thus, before planning any forest management practice, it is essential to ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-016-0941-3

4. Factors influencing vole bark damage intensity in managed mountain-forest plantations of Central Europe

Author:
Suchomel, Josef; Purchart, Luboš; Čepelka, Ladislav; Heroldová, Marta
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 331-342
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Clethrionomys glareolus; Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica; Microtus; bark; carrying capacity; forest plantations; forests; grasses; ground vegetation; habitats; mountains; saplings; seedlings; voles; Central European region
Abstract:
... We studied the impact of vole bark gnawing in forest plantations dominated by European beech in two Czech mountain ranges (the Hrubý Jeseník Mts, the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts) with different habitat conditions. Of the four present vole species, only the field vole caused significant damage, the impact of the bank vole being inconclusive. In both ranges, the key factor determining the presence a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-016-0938-y

5. Increases in volatile organic compound emissions of Scots pine in response to elevated ozone and warming are modified by herbivory and soil nitrogen availability

Author:
Kivimäenpää, Minna; Ghimire, Rajendra P.; Sutinen, Sirkka; Häikiö, Elina; Kasurinen, Anne; Holopainen, Toini; Holopainen, Jarmo K.
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 343-360
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Acantholyda; Pinus sylvestris; boreal forests; climate change; emissions; herbivores; insects; larvae; monoterpenoids; nitrogen; ozone; photosynthesis; resin canals; risk; seedlings; sesquiterpenoids; soil; spring; temperature; troposphere; volatile organic compounds; Finland
Abstract:
... Climate change in the boreal forests include, e.g., warming, increased tropospheric ozone concentration, higher nitrogen (N) deposition and increased risk of insect outbreaks. Climate change influences emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) affecting plant defense, communication and atmospheric feedbacks. We studied the effects of elevated temperature (ca. 1 °C), elevated ozone ( ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-016-0939-x

6. Integrating tree-ring and inventory-based measurements of aboveground biomass growth: research opportunities and carbon cycle consequences from a large snow breakage event in the Swiss Alps

Author:
Klesse, S.; Etzold, S.; Frank, D.
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 297-311
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
aboveground biomass; carbon; carbon cycle; climate; data collection; dendrometers; ecosystems; forest inventory; forests; growth rings; hydrology; managers; monitoring; snow damage; temporal variation; trees; uncertainty; Alps region; Switzerland
Abstract:
... The temporal variability of the forest sink is associated with high uncertainties in both its magnitude and the driving ecological and climatic processes. In this study, we assess the inter-annual variability (IAV) of carbon uptake using annually resolved aboveground biomass increment (ABI) estimates from 272 pseudorandomly sampled trees at a long-term monitoring plot in the dry valley of the Vala ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-015-0936-5

7. Investigating the possible impact of atmospheric CO2 increase on Araucaria araucana wood density

Author:
Pinto, Paulina E.; Bontemps, Jean-Daniel; Pierrat, Jean-Claude; Franceschini, Tony; Gelhaye, Pierre; Gégout, Jean-Claude; Leban, J. M.
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 389-401
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Araucaria araucana; X-radiation; anthropogenic activities; atmospheric deposition; biomass; cambium; carbon dioxide; climate change; evolution; geographical distribution; statistical models; temperate forests; trees; wood density; Andes region; Chile
Abstract:
... Our aim was to investigate the possible enhancing role of long-term atmospheric CO₂ increase on wood density as an essential component of biomass sequestration. We therefore assessed the long-term evolution of wood density over pre-industrial and contemporary periods, in a regional context free of management practices, atmospheric deposition and with restricted climatic change. Dominant trees of A ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-016-0942-2

8. Mediterranean fire regime effects on pine-oak forest landscape mosaics under global change in NE Spain

Author:
Gil-Tena, Assu; Aquilué, Núria; Duane, Andrea; De Cáceres, Miquel; Brotons, Lluís
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 403-416
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Quercus; abandoned land; afforestation; climate; coniferous forests; fire regime; fire suppression; fires; forest ecosystems; global change; landscapes; models; planning; shrublands; Spain
Abstract:
... Afforestation after land abandonment and the occurrence of large fires have significantly altered the composition of pine-oak ecosystems in the Mediterranean since 1950s, the latter favouring the prevalence of oak forests and shrublands to that of pine forests. Nevertheless, our ability to integrate the processes driving these changes in modelling tools and to project them under future global chan ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-016-0943-1

9. N-fluxes and N-turnover in a mixed beech–pine forest under low N-inputs

Author:
Schulte-Bisping, H.; Beese, F.
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 229-241
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
air temperature; biomass; ecosystems; forests; leaching; leaves; mineralization; monitoring; nitrogen; nitrogen content; soil; soil organic matter
Abstract:
... Within the framework of the International Cooperative Programme on Integrated Monitoring (ICP IM), nitrogen pools and fluxes and their balance were determined for the German Integrated Monitoring (IM) site, Neuglobsow, characterized by very low soil nitrogen. From 1998 to 2013, total nitrogen (N) deposition in form of ammonium and nitrate was 6.80 ± 1.36 and 6.46 ± 1.09 kg N ha⁻¹ year⁻¹, respectiv ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-015-0931-x

10. Patterns of Fraxinus angustifolia in an alluvial old-growth forest after declines in flooding events

Author:
Janík, David; Adam, Dušan; Hort, Libor; Král, Kamil; Šamonil, Pavel; Unar, Pavel; Vrška, Tomáš
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 215-228
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Acer campestre; Carpinus betulus; Fraxinus angustifolia; Quercus robur; data collection; floods; hardwood forests; old-growth forests; rivers; trees; Central European region; Czech Republic
Abstract:
... The main focus of this paper was the dynamics of Fraxinus angustifolia tree spatial patterns after the frequency of flooding events has markedly declined, especially as regards competition with Carpinus betulus and Acer campestre, the most rapidly expanding species in alluvial hardwood forests in Central Europe. The study was conducted in alluvial forests at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje r ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-015-0925-8

11. Species-specific and generic biomass equations for seedlings and saplings of European tree species

Author:
Annighöfer, Peter; Ameztegui, Aitor; Ammer, Christian; Balandier, Philippe; Bartsch, Norbert; Bolte, Andreas; Coll, Lluís; Collet, Catherine; Ewald, Jörg; Frischbier, Nico; Gebereyesus, Tsegay; Haase, Josephine; Hamm, Tobias; Hirschfelder, Bastian; Huth, Franka; Kändler, Gerald; Kahl, Anja; Kawaletz, Heike; Kuehne, Christian; Lacointe, André; Lin, Na; Löf, Magnus; Malagoli, Philippe; Marquier, André; Müller, Sandra; Promberger, Susanne; Provendier, Damien; Röhle, Heinz; Sathornkich, Jate; Schall, Peter; Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael; Schröder, Jens; Seele, Carolin; Weidig, Johannes; Wirth, Christian; Wolf, Heino; Wollmerstädt, Jörg; Mund, Martina
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 313-329
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
biomass production; carbon cycle; climate; conifers; data collection; equations; forests; juveniles; meta-analysis; reforestation; saplings; seedlings; Europe
Abstract:
... Biomass equations are a helpful tool to estimate the tree and stand biomass production and standing stock. Such estimations are of great interest for science but also of great importance for global reports on the carbon cycle and the global climate system. Even though there are various collections and generic meta-analyses available with biomass equations for mature trees, reports on biomass equat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-016-0937-z

12. The role of fire-suppression force in limiting the spread of extremely large forest fires in Portugal

Author:
Fernandes, Paulo M.; Pacheco, Abílio Pereira; Almeida, Rui; Claro, João
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 253-262
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
fire suppression; fire weather; forest fires; fuels; landscapes; regression analysis; socioeconomics; Portugal
Abstract:
... Large forest fires are notorious for their environmental and socio-economic impacts and are assigned a disproportionately high percentage of the fire management budget. This study addresses extremely large fires (ELF, ≥2500 ha) in Portugal (2003–2013). We analysed the effect of fire-suppression force variation on ELF duration, size and growth rate, versus the effect of the concomitant fire environ ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-015-0933-8

13. The role of forest certification for biodiversity conservation: Lithuania as a case study

Author:
Elbakidze, Marine; Ražauskaitė, Rita; Manton, Michael; Angelstam, Per; Mozgeris, Gintautas; Brūmelis, Guntis; Brazaitis, Gediminas; Vogt, Peter
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 361-376
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
biodiversity; case studies; conservation areas; ecoregions; forest certification; forest habitats; forest industries; forest management; forest stands; forests; governance; green infrastructure; landscapes; learning; models; stakeholders; state forests; trees; Lithuania
Abstract:
... The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) forest certification system is a globally widespread market-driven mechanism that aims at responsible use and governance of forests, and its application is growing. However, the extent to which forest certification contributes effectively to maintaining forest biodiversity is an unresolved issue. We assessed the role of FSC certification for forest biodiversity ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-016-0940-4

14. Variability in growth of trees in uneven-aged stands displays the need for optimizing diversified harvest diameters

Author:
Roessiger, Joerg; Ficko, Andrej; Clasen, Christian; Griess, Verena C.; Knoke, Thomas
Source:
European journal of forest research 2016 v.135 no.2 pp. 283-295
ISSN:
1612-4669
Subject:
Abies alba; Fagus sylvatica; Picea abies; bioeconomic models; culture media; forest inventory; harvesting; income; montane forests; mortality; mountains; species diversity; stand density; tree growth; trees; uneven-aged management; uneven-aged stands; Slovenia
Abstract:
... This study presents economically optimal management of uneven-aged mixed mountain forests that takes into account tree growth variability. We divided 9846 silver fir (Abies alba), beech (Fagus sylvatica), and spruce (Picea abies) trees measured on 898 forest inventory plots in the Snežnik and Leskova dolina management units (4905 ha, Dinaric mountains, Slovenia) into three growth classes (slow-, m ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10342-015-0935-6