Growth patterns in relation to drought-induced mortality at two Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) sites in NE Iberian Peninsula

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 621-630

  Hereş, Ana Maria ^a   Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a   López, Bernat Claramunt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate growth relationships; Drought; Mortality; Scots pine; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA INCREMENT; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CLIMATE-GROWTH RELATIONSHIPS; DEAD TREES; DROUGHT PERIODS; ECOLOGICAL AMPLITUDE; GROWTH DECLINE; GROWTH PATTERNS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LATEWOOD; MIXED MODELS; MORTALITY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SCOTS PINE; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; TREE GROWTH; TREE MORTALITY; TREE RINGS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; WATER SUPPLY;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84858293539     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0628-9     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Allen CD, Breshears DD (1998) Drought-induced shift of a forest-woodland ecotone: rapid landscape response to climate variation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95: 14839-14842. doi: 10. 1073/pnas. 95. 25. 14839.
2. Allen CD, Macalady AK, Chenchouni H, Bachelet D, McDowell N, Vennetier M, Kitzberger T, Rigling A, Breshears DD, Hogg EH, Gonzalez P, Fensham R, Zhang Z, Castro J, Demidova N, Lim JH, Allard G, Running SW, Semerci A, Cobb N (2010) A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests. For Ecol Manag 259: 660-684. doi: 10. 1016/j. foreco. 2009. 09. 001.
3. Amoroso MM, Daniels LD (2010) Cambial mortality in declining Austrocedrus chilensis forests: implications for stand dynamics. Can J For Res 40: 885-893. doi: 10. 1139/X10-042.
4. Barbéro M, Loisel R, Quézel P, Richardson DM, Romane F (1998) Pines of the Mediterranean Basin. In: Richardson DM (ed) Ecology and biogeography of Pinus. Cambridge University, Cambridge, pp 153-170.
5. Bates BC, Kundzewicz ZW, Wu S, Palutikof JP (2008) Climate change and water. Technical paper VI of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. IPCC Secretariat, Geneva, pp 210.
6. Bigler C, Bugmann H (2003) Growth-dependent tree mortality models based on tree rings. Can J For Res 33: 210-221. doi: 10. 1139/X02-180.
7. Bigler C, Bräker OU, Bugmann H, Dobbertin M, Rigling A (2006) Drought as an inciting mortality factor in Scots pine stands of the Valais, Switzerland. Ecosyst 9: 330-343. doi: 10. 1007/s10021-005-0126-2.
8. Bigler C, Gavin DG, Gunning C, Veblen TT (2007) Drought induces lagged tree mortality in a subalpine forest in the Rocky Mountains. Oikos 116: 1983-1994. doi: 10. 1111/j. 2007. 0030-1299. 16034. x.
9. Biondi F (1999) Comparing tree-ring chronologies and repeated timber inventories as forest monitoring tools. Ecol Appl 9: 216-227. doi: 10. 1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0216: CTRCAR]2. 0. CO; 2.
10. Christensen JH, Hewitson B, Busuioc A, Chen A, Gao X, Held I, Jones R, Kolli RK, Kwon WT, Laprise R, Magaña Rueda V, Mearns L, Menéndez CG, Räisänen J, Rinke A, Sarr A, Whetton P (2007) Regional climate projections. In: Solomon S, Qin D, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis M, Averyt KB, Tignor M, Miller HL (eds) Climate change 2007: The physical science basis. contribution of Working Group I to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge University, Cambridge, pp 847-940.
11. Das AJ, Battles JJ, Stephenson NL, van Mantgem PJ (2007) The relationship between tree growth patterns and likelihood of mortality: a study of two tree species in the Sierra Nevada. Can J For Res 37: 580-597. doi: 10. 1139/X06-262.
12. Dobbertin M (2005) Tree growth as indicator of tree vitality and of tree reaction to environmental stress: a review. Eur J For Res 124: 319-333. doi: 10. 1007/s10342-005-0085-3.
13. Douville H, Chauvin F, Planton S, Royer JF, Salas-Mélia D, Tyteca S (2002) Sensitivity of the hydrological cycle to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases and aerosols. Clim Dyn 20: 45-68. doi: 10. 1007/s00382-002-0259-3.
14. Drobyshev I, Linderson H, Sonesson K (2007) Temporal mortality pattern of pedunculate oaks in southern Sweden. Dendrochronol 24: 97-108. doi: 10. 1016/j. dendro. 2006. 10. 004.
15. Eilmann B, Zweifel R, Buchmann N, Fonti P, Rigling A (2009) Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak. Tree Physiol 29: 1011-1020. doi: 10. 1093/treephys/tpp035.
16. Ellenberg H (1988) Vegetation ecology of Central Europe. Cambridge University, Cambridge.
17. Fritts HC (2001) Tree rings and climate (Reprint of second printing). Blackburn, New Jersey.
18. Galiano L, Martínez-Vilalta J, Lloret F (2010) Drought-induced multifactor decline of Scots pine in the Pyrenees and potential vegetation change by the expansion of co-occurring oak species. Ecosyst 13: 978-991. doi: 10. 1007/s10021-010-9368-8.
19. Galiano L, Martínez-Vilalta J, Lloret F (2011) Carbon reserves and canopy defoliation determine the recovery of Scots pine 4 yr after a drought episode. New Phytol. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1469-8137. 2010. 03628. x.
20. Gruber A, Strobl S, Veit B, Oberhuber W (2010) Impact of drought on the temporal dynamics of wood formation in Pinus sylvestris. Tree Physiol 30: 490-501. doi: 10. 1093/treephys/tpq003.
21. Grudd H, Briffa KR, Karlén W, Bartholin TS, Jones PD, Kromer B (2002) A 7400-year tree-ring chronology in northern Swedish Lapland: natural climatic variability expressed on annual to millennial timescales. Holocene 12: 657-665. doi: 10. 1191/0959683602hl578rp.
22. Guarín A, Taylor AH (2005) Drought triggered tree mortality in mixed conifer forests in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. For Ecol Manag 218: 229-244. doi: 10. 1016/j. foreco. 2005. 07. 014.
23. Gutiérrez E (1989) Dendroclimatological study of Pinus sylvestris L. in Southern Catalonia (Spain). Tree Ring Bull 49: 1-9.
24. Helama S, Lindholm M, Timonen M, Meriläinen J, Eronen M (2002) The supra-long Scots pine tree-ring record for Finnish Lapland: Part 2, interannual to centennial variability in summer temperatures for 7500 years. Holocene 12: 681-687. doi: 10. 1191/0959683602hl581rp.
25. Helama S, Timonen M, Holopainen J, Ogurtsov MG, Mielikäinen K, Eronen M, Lindholm M, Meriläinen J (2009) Summer temperature variations in Lapland during the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age relative to natural instability of thermohaline circulation on multi-decadal and multi-centennial scales. J Quat Sci 24: 450-456. doi: 10. 1002/jqs. 1291.
26. Hereter A, Sánchez JR (1999) Experimental areas of Prades and Montseny. In: Rodà F, Retana J, Gracia CA, Bellot J (eds) Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak forests. Springer Press, Berlin, pp 15-27.
27. Holmes RL (1983) Computer-assisted quality control in tree-ring dating and measurement. Tree-ring Bull 43: 69-78.
28. IPCC (2007) Solomon S, Qin D, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis M, Averyt KB, Tignor M, Miller HL (eds) Climate Change 2007: the physical science basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
29. Irvine J, Perks MP, Magnani F, Grace J (1998) The response of Pinus sylvestris to drought: stomatal control of transpiration and hydraulic conductance. Tree Physiol 18: 393-402. doi: 10. 1093/treephys/18. 6. 393.
30. Linares JC, Camarero JJ, Carreira JA (2010) Competition modulates the adaptation capacity of forests to climatic stress: insights from recent growth decline and death in relict stands of the Mediterranean fir Abies pinsapo. J Ecol 98: 592-603. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1365-2745. 2010. 01645. x.
31. Manion PD (1991) Tree disease concepts. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
32. Martín-Benito D, Cherubini P, del Río M, Cañellas I (2008) Growth response to climate and drought in Pinus nigra Arn. trees of different crown classes. Trees 22: 363-373. doi: 10. 1007/s00468-007-0191-6.
33. Martínez-Vilalta J, Piñol J (2002) Drought-induced mortality and hydraulic architecture in pine populations of the NE Iberian Peninsula. For Ecol Manag 161: 247-256. doi: 10. 1016/S0378-1127(01)00495-9.
34. Martínez-Vilalta J, López BC, Adell N, Badiella L, Ninyerola M (2008) Twentieth century increase of Scots pine radial growth in NE Spain shows strong climate interactions. Glob Change Biol 14: 1-14. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1365-2486. 2008. 01685. x.
35. McDowell N (2011) Mechanisms linking drought, hydraulics, carbon metabolism, and vegetation mortality. Plant Physiol 155: 1051-1059. doi: 10. 1104/pp. 110. 170704.
36. McDowell N, Pockman WT, Allen CD, Breshears DD, Cobb N, Kolb T, Plaut J, Sperry J, West A, Williams DG, Yepez EA (2008) Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought? New Phytol 178: 719-739. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1469-8137. 2008. 02436. x.
37. McDowell N, Allen CD, Marshall L (2010) Growth, carbon-isotope discrimination, and drought-associated mortality across a Pinus ponderosa elevational transect. Glob Change Biol 16: 399-415. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1365-2486. 2009. 01994. x.
38. Ninyerola M, Pons X, Roure JM (2000) A methodological approach of climatological modelling of air temperature and precipitation through GIS techniques. Int J Climatol 20: 1823-1841. doi: 10. 1002/10970088(20001130)20: 14< 1823: AID-JOC566> 3. 0. CO; 2-B.
39. Ninyerola M, Pons X, Roure JM (2007a) Monthly precipitation mapping of the Iberian Peninsula using spatial interpolation tools implemented in a Geographic Information System. Theoret Appl Climatol 89: 195-209. doi: 10. 1007/s00704-006-0264-2.
40. Ninyerola M, Pons X, Roure JM (2007b) Objective air temperature mapping for the Iberian Peninsula using spatial interpolation and GIS. Int J Climatol 27: 1231-1242. doi: 10. 1002/joc. 1462.
41. Ogle K, Whitham TG, Cobb NS (2000) Tree-ring variation in pinyon predicts likelihood of death following severe drought. Ecol 81: 3237-3243. doi: 10. 1890/0012-9658(2000)081[3237: TRVIPP]2. 0. CO; 2.
42. Pedersen BS (1998) The role of stress in the mortality of Midwestern oaks as indicated by growth prior to death. Ecology 79: 79-93. doi: 10. 1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0079: TROSIT]2. 0. CO; 2.
43. Pedersen BS (1999) The mortality of Midwestern overstory oaks as a bioindicator of environmental stress. Ecol Appl 9: 1017-1027. doi: 10. 1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1017: TMOMOO]2. 0. CO; 2.
44. Pilcher JR (1990) Sample Preparation, Cross-dating, and Measurements. In: Cook ER, Kairiukstis LA (eds) Methods of dendrochronology-applications in the environmental sciences. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, pp 40-50.
45. Piñol J, Lledó MJ, Escarré A (1991) Hydrological balance of two Mediterranean forested catchments (Prades, northeast Spain). Hydrol Sci J 36: 95-107. doi: 10. 1080/02626669109492492.
46. Pons X (1996) Estimación de la radiación solar a partir de modelos digitales de elevaciones. Propuesta metodológica. In: Juaristi J, Moro I (eds) VII Coloquio de Geografίa Cuantitativa, Sistemas de Información Geográfica y Teledetección. Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, pp 87-97.
47. Poyatos R, Latron J, Llorens P (2003) Land use and land cover change after agricultural abandonment-the case of a Mediterranean mountain area (Catalan Pre-Pyrenees). Mt Res Dev 23: 362-368. doi: 10. 1659/0276-4741(2003)023[0362: LUALCC]2. 0. CO; 2.
48. Régent Instruments Inc (2004) WinDendro For Tree-Ring Analysis, Régent Instruments Quebec, Canada.
49. Rigling A, Waldner PO, Forster T, Bräker OU, Pouttu A (2001) Ecological interpretation of tree-ring width and intraannual density fluctuations in Pinus sylvestris on dry sites in the central Alps and Siberia. Can J For Res 31: 18-31. doi: 10. 1139/cjfr-31-1-18.
50. Rigling A, Bräker O, Schneiter G, Schweingruber F (2002) Intra-annual tree-ring parameters indicating differences in drought stress of Pinus sylvestris forests within the Erico-Pinion in the Valais (Switzerland). Plant Ecol 163: 105-121. doi: 10. 1023/A: 1020355407821.
51. Sala A, Piper F, Hoch G (2010) Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality are far from being resolved. New Phytol 186: 274-281. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1469-8137. 2009. 03167. x.
52. SPSS Inc (2006) SPSS Base 15. 0 for Windows User's Guide. SPSS Inc Chicago IL, USA.
53. Suarez ML, Ghermandi L, Kitzberger T (2004) Factors predisposing episodic drought-induced tree mortality in Nothofagus-site, climatic sensitivity and growth trends. Ecol 92: 954-966. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1365-2745. 2004. 00941. x.
54. Thornthwaite CW (1948) An approach toward a rational classification of climate. Geogr Rev 38: 55-94.
55. Vaganov EA, Hughes MK, Shashkin AV (2006) Growth dynamics of conifer tree rings images of past and future environments. Springer, Berlin.
56. van Mantgem PJ, Stephenson NL, Byrne JC, Daniels LD, Franklin JF, Fulé PZ, Harmon ME, Larson AJ, Smith JM, Taylor AH, Veblen TT (2009) Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the Western United States. Science 323: 521-524. doi: 10. 1126/science. 1165000.
57. Vilà-Cabrera A, Martínez-Vilalta J, Vayreda J, Retana J (2011) Structural and climatic determinants of demographic rates of Scots pine forests across the Iberian Península. Ecol Appl. doi: 10. 1890/10-0647. 1.
58. Villalba R, Veblen TT (1998) Influences of large-scale climatic variability on episodic tree mortality in northern Patagonia. Ecol 79: 2624-2640. doi: 10. 1890/0012-9658.
59. Weber P, Bugmann H, Rigling A (2007) Radial growth response to drought of Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pubescens in an inner-Alpine dry valley. J Veg Sci 18: 777-792. doi: 10. 1658/1100-9233(2007)18[777: RGRTDO]2. 0. CO; 2.