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Tree Mortality: Revisited Under Changed Climatic and Silvicultural Conditions

Pretzsch, H.; Grote, R. ORCID iD icon 1
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

When trees within forests increase their dimension, the limitation of space (and thus resources) can cause competition-based mortality. Thus, growth and mortality interact, and acceleration of growth triggered by climatic change or forest management may be accompanied by increased mortality. We here concentrate on evaluating the underlying causes of and the expected changes in this natural non-catastrophic mortality, which should not be mixed up with catastrophic mortality, generally induced by extreme conditions such as fire, storms or insects. The main objectives of this review are to (i) quantify the natural non-catastrophic mortality in monospecific stands, (ii) analyze how mortality is modified by growth acceleration due to climate change, and (iii) estimate the impact of widely promoted tree species mixing on tree mortality.
The presented analysis is built on previously published findings but also on our own research on the mortality of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea (MATT.) LIEBL.) using a unique set of mono- and mixed-species experimental plots across Europe. ... mehr


Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1007/124_2023_69
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Zitationen: 9
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU)
Publikationstyp Buchaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2024
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISBN: 978-3-031-45754-8
ISSN: 0340-4773
KITopen-ID: 1000167370
HGF-Programm 12.11.23 (POF IV, LK 01) Adaptation of managed landscapes to climate change
Erschienen in Progress in Botany, Ed.: U. Lüttge
Verlag Springer Nature Switzerland
Seiten 351–393
Serie Progress in Botany (BOTANY) ; 84
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 30.06.2023
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