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Stand structure and recent climate change constrain stand basal area change in European forests: a comparison across boreal, temperate and Mediterranean biomes

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Authors
Ruiz Benito, PalomaUniversity of Alcalá Author; Madrigal González, JaimeUniversity of Alcalá Author; Ratcliffe, Sophia; Coomes, D.C.; Kändler, Gerald; [et al.]
Identifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20881
DOI: 10.​1007/​s10021-014-9806-0
ISSN: 1432-9840
Publisher
Springer
Date
2014
Affiliation
Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida. Unidad docente Ecología
Bibliographic citation
Ecosystems, 2014, v. 17, n. 8, p. 1439-1454
Keywords
Carbon sink
Climatic variability
Competition
Inventory-based data
Minimum temperature
Mixed models
Water availability
Stand basal area change
Project
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/ENV-2008-1-226701
AP2008-01325 (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia)
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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http://dx.doi.org/10.​1007/​s10021-014-9806-0
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(c) Springer, 2014
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Abstract
European forests have a prominent role in the global carbon cycle and an increase in carbon storage has been consistently reported during the 20th century. Any further increase in forest carbon storage, however, could be hampered by increases in aridity and extreme climatic events. Here we use forest inventory data to identify the relative importance of stand structure (stand basal area and mean d.b.h.), mean climate (water availability) and recent climate change (temperature and precipitation anomalies) on forest basal area change during the late 20th century in three major European biomes. Using linear mixed-effects models we observed that stand structure, mean climate and recent climatic change strongly interact to modulate basal area change. Although we observed a net increment in stand basal area during the late 20th century, we found the highest basal area increments in forests with medium stand basal areas and small to medium sized trees. Stand basal area increases correlated positively with water availability, and were enhanced in warmer areas. Recent climatic warming caused an increase in stand basal area, but this increase was offset by water availability. Based on recent trends in basal area change we conclude that the potential rate of aboveground carbon accumulation in European forests strongly depends on both stand structure and concomitant climate warming, adding weight to suggestions that European carbon stocks may saturate in the near future.
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