Climatic responses of tree-ring width and δ13C signatures of sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) on soils with contrasting water supply

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Climatic responses of tree-ring width and δ13C signatures of sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) on soils with contrasting water supply. / Härdtle, Werner; Niemeyer, Thomas; Aßmann, Thorsten et al.
in: Plant Ecology, Jahrgang 214, Nr. 9, 01.09.2013, S. 1147-1156.

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title = "Climatic responses of tree-ring width and δ13C signatures of sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) on soils with contrasting water supply",
abstract = "We investigated climate-growth relationships (in terms of tree-ring width, basal area increment (BAI), and tree-ring δ 13C signatures) of Quercus petraea in Central Europe (Luxembourg). Tree responses were assessed for 160 years and compared for sites with contrasting water supply (i.e. Cambisols vs. Regosols with 175 and 42 mm available water capacity, respectively). Oak trees displayed very low climate sensitivity, and climatic variables explained only 24 and 21 % of variance in tree-ring width (TRW) (Cambisol and Regosol sites, respectively). Contrary to our expectations, site-related differences in growth responses (i.e. BAI, δ 13C signatures) to climate shifts were not significant. This finding suggests a high plasticity of oak trees in the study area. Despite a distinct growth depression found for all trees in the decade 1988-1997 (attributable to increasing annual mean temperatures by 1.1 °C), oak trees completely recovered in subsequent years. This indicates a high resilience of sessile oak to climate change. Shifts in δ 13C corr signatures were mainly affected by temperature, and peaks in δ 13C corr values (corrected for the anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO 2) coincided with decadal maximum temperatures. Correlations between δ 13C signatures and TRW (mainly affected by precipitation) were not significant. This finding suggests that wood growth often was disconnected from carbon assimilation (e.g. due to carbon storage in the trunk or allocation to seeds). Since the selection of drought-resistant tree species gains importance within the context of adaptive forest management strategies, Q. petraea proves to be an adaptive tree species in Central Europe's forests under shifting climatic conditions.",
keywords = "Biology, Ecosystems Research, climate change, dendrochemistry, dendroecology, luxembourg, water use efficiency",
author = "Werner H{\"a}rdtle and Thomas Niemeyer and Thorsten A{\ss}mann and Armin Aulinger and Andreas Fichtner and Lang, {Anne Christina} and Christoph Leuschner and Burkhard Neuwirth and Laurent Pfister and Markus Quante and Christian Ries and Andreas Schuldt and Goddert Oheimb",
year = "2013",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s11258-013-0239-1",
language = "English",
volume = "214",
pages = "1147--1156",
journal = "Plant Ecology",
issn = "1385-0237",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
number = "9",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Climatic responses of tree-ring width and δ13C signatures of sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) on soils with contrasting water supply

AU - Härdtle, Werner

AU - Niemeyer, Thomas

AU - Aßmann, Thorsten

AU - Aulinger, Armin

AU - Fichtner, Andreas

AU - Lang, Anne Christina

AU - Leuschner, Christoph

AU - Neuwirth, Burkhard

AU - Pfister, Laurent

AU - Quante, Markus

AU - Ries, Christian

AU - Schuldt, Andreas

AU - Oheimb, Goddert

PY - 2013/9/1

Y1 - 2013/9/1

N2 - We investigated climate-growth relationships (in terms of tree-ring width, basal area increment (BAI), and tree-ring δ 13C signatures) of Quercus petraea in Central Europe (Luxembourg). Tree responses were assessed for 160 years and compared for sites with contrasting water supply (i.e. Cambisols vs. Regosols with 175 and 42 mm available water capacity, respectively). Oak trees displayed very low climate sensitivity, and climatic variables explained only 24 and 21 % of variance in tree-ring width (TRW) (Cambisol and Regosol sites, respectively). Contrary to our expectations, site-related differences in growth responses (i.e. BAI, δ 13C signatures) to climate shifts were not significant. This finding suggests a high plasticity of oak trees in the study area. Despite a distinct growth depression found for all trees in the decade 1988-1997 (attributable to increasing annual mean temperatures by 1.1 °C), oak trees completely recovered in subsequent years. This indicates a high resilience of sessile oak to climate change. Shifts in δ 13C corr signatures were mainly affected by temperature, and peaks in δ 13C corr values (corrected for the anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO 2) coincided with decadal maximum temperatures. Correlations between δ 13C signatures and TRW (mainly affected by precipitation) were not significant. This finding suggests that wood growth often was disconnected from carbon assimilation (e.g. due to carbon storage in the trunk or allocation to seeds). Since the selection of drought-resistant tree species gains importance within the context of adaptive forest management strategies, Q. petraea proves to be an adaptive tree species in Central Europe's forests under shifting climatic conditions.

AB - We investigated climate-growth relationships (in terms of tree-ring width, basal area increment (BAI), and tree-ring δ 13C signatures) of Quercus petraea in Central Europe (Luxembourg). Tree responses were assessed for 160 years and compared for sites with contrasting water supply (i.e. Cambisols vs. Regosols with 175 and 42 mm available water capacity, respectively). Oak trees displayed very low climate sensitivity, and climatic variables explained only 24 and 21 % of variance in tree-ring width (TRW) (Cambisol and Regosol sites, respectively). Contrary to our expectations, site-related differences in growth responses (i.e. BAI, δ 13C signatures) to climate shifts were not significant. This finding suggests a high plasticity of oak trees in the study area. Despite a distinct growth depression found for all trees in the decade 1988-1997 (attributable to increasing annual mean temperatures by 1.1 °C), oak trees completely recovered in subsequent years. This indicates a high resilience of sessile oak to climate change. Shifts in δ 13C corr signatures were mainly affected by temperature, and peaks in δ 13C corr values (corrected for the anthropogenic increase in atmospheric CO 2) coincided with decadal maximum temperatures. Correlations between δ 13C signatures and TRW (mainly affected by precipitation) were not significant. This finding suggests that wood growth often was disconnected from carbon assimilation (e.g. due to carbon storage in the trunk or allocation to seeds). Since the selection of drought-resistant tree species gains importance within the context of adaptive forest management strategies, Q. petraea proves to be an adaptive tree species in Central Europe's forests under shifting climatic conditions.

KW - Biology

KW - Ecosystems Research

KW - climate change

KW - dendrochemistry

KW - dendroecology

KW - luxembourg

KW - water use efficiency

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U2 - 10.1007/s11258-013-0239-1

DO - 10.1007/s11258-013-0239-1

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:84881244934

VL - 214

SP - 1147

EP - 1156

JO - Plant Ecology

JF - Plant Ecology

SN - 1385-0237

IS - 9

ER -

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