Contrasting growth and water use efficiency after thinning in mixed Abies pinsapo–Pinus pinaster–Pinus sylvestris forests

Navarro-Cerrillo, R.M.; Sánchez-Salguero, R.; Herrera, R.; Ceacero Ruiz, C.J.; Moreno-Rojas, J.M.; Delgado Manzanedo, Ruben; López-Quintanilla, J. (2016). Contrasting growth and water use efficiency after thinning in mixed Abies pinsapo–Pinus pinaster–Pinus sylvestris forests. Journal of Forest Science, 62(2), pp. 53-64. Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 10.17221/104/2015-JFS

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Foresters frequently lack sufficient information about thinning intensity effects to optimize semi-natural forest management and their effects and interaction with climate are still poorly understood. In an Abies pinsapo–Pinus pinaster–Pinus sylvestris forest with three thinning intensities, a dendrochronologial approach was used to evaluate the short-term responses of basal area increment (BAI), carbon isotope (δ13C) and water use efficiency (iWUE) to thinning intensity and climate. Thinning generally increased BAI in all species, except for the heavy thinning in P. sylvestris. Across all the plots, thinning increased 13C-derived water-use efficiency on average by 14.49% for A. pinsapo, 9.78% for P. sylvestris and 6.68% for P. pinaster, but through different ecophysiological mechanisms. Our findings provide a robust mean of predicting water use efficiency responses from three coniferous species exposed to different thinning strategies which have been modulated by climatic conditions over time.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS) > Plant Ecology
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Plant Sciences (IPS)

UniBE Contributor:

Delgado Manzanedo, Ruben

Subjects:

500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany)

ISSN:

1212-4834

Publisher:

Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Language:

English

Submitter:

Peter Alfred von Ballmoos-Haas

Date Deposited:

18 May 2016 16:00

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:56

Publisher DOI:

10.17221/104/2015-JFS

Uncontrolled Keywords:

basal area increment, carbon isotopes, dendroecology, naturalization

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.82034

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/82034

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