Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm

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Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm. / Nadrowski, Karin; Pietsch, Katherina; Baruffol, Martin et al.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 5, e96022, 30.05.2014.

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Nadrowski, K, Pietsch, K, Baruffol, M, Both, S, Gutknecht, J, Bruelheide, H, Heklau, H, Kahl, A, Kahl, T, Niklaus, PA, Kröber, W, Liu, X, Mi, X, Michalski, SG, Oheimb, G, Purschke, O, Schmid, B, Fang, T, Welk, E & Wirth, C 2014, 'Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm', PLoS ONE, vol. 9, no. 5, e96022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096022

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Nadrowski, K., Pietsch, K., Baruffol, M., Both, S., Gutknecht, J., Bruelheide, H., Heklau, H., Kahl, A., Kahl, T., Niklaus, P. A., Kröber, W., Liu, X., Mi, X., Michalski, S. G., Oheimb, G., Purschke, O., Schmid, B., Fang, T., Welk, E., & Wirth, C. (2014). Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm. PLoS ONE, 9(5), Article e96022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096022

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Nadrowski K, Pietsch K, Baruffol M, Both S, Gutknecht J, Bruelheide H et al. Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm. PLoS ONE. 2014 May 30;9(5):e96022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096022

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title = "Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm",
abstract = "Future climates are likely to include extreme events, which in turn have great impacts on ecological systems. In this study, we investigated possible effects that could mitigate stem breakage caused by a rare and extreme ice storm in a Chinese subtropical forest across a gradient of forest diversity. We used Bayesian modeling to correct stem breakage for tree size and variance components analysis to quantify the influence of taxon, leaf and wood functional traits, and stand level properties on the probability of stem breakage. We show that the taxon explained four times more variance in individual stem breakage than did stand level properties; trees with higher specific leaf area (SLA) were less susceptible to breakage. However, a large part of the variation at the taxon scale remained unexplained, implying that unmeasured or undefined traits could be used to predict damage caused by ice storms. When aggregated at the plot level, functional diversity and wood density increased after the ice storm. We suggest that for the adaption of forest management to climate change, much can still be learned from looking at functional traits at the taxon level.",
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author = "Karin Nadrowski and Katherina Pietsch and Martin Baruffol and Sabine Both and Jessica Gutknecht and Helge Bruelheide and Heike Heklau and Anja Kahl and Tiemo Kahl and Niklaus, {Pascal A.} and Wenzel Kr{\"o}ber and Xiaojuan Liu and Xiangcheng Mi and Michalski, {Stefan G} and Goddert Oheimb and Oliver Purschke and Bernhard Schmid and Teng Fang and Erik Welk and Christian Wirth",
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AU - Baruffol, Martin

AU - Both, Sabine

AU - Gutknecht, Jessica

AU - Bruelheide, Helge

AU - Heklau, Heike

AU - Kahl, Anja

AU - Kahl, Tiemo

AU - Niklaus, Pascal A.

AU - Kröber, Wenzel

AU - Liu, Xiaojuan

AU - Mi, Xiangcheng

AU - Michalski, Stefan G

AU - Oheimb, Goddert

AU - Purschke, Oliver

AU - Schmid, Bernhard

AU - Fang, Teng

AU - Welk, Erik

AU - Wirth, Christian

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