Differences in temperature sensitivity and drought recovery between natural stands and plantations of conifers are species-specific

• DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148930
• Publication Date: 2021-07-16T06:11:52Z
• Authors: J. Julio Camarero; Antonio Gazol; Juan Carlos Linares; Alex Fajardo; Michele Colangelo; Cristina Valeriano; Raúl Sánchez-Salg...; Gabriel Sangüesa-...; Elena Granda; Teresa E. Gimeno
• Keywords: Pinus pinaster

Forests are being impacted by climate and land-use changes which have altered their productivity growth. Understanding how tree growth responds to in natural planted stands may provide valuable information prepare management sight of change. Plantations expected show higher sensitivity lower post-drought resilience than stands, due compositional structural diversity. We reconstructed compared the radial six conifers with contrasting ecological climatic niches (Abies pinsapo, Cedrus atlantica, Pinus sylvestris, nigra, pinea, pinaster) subjected seasonal drought 40 sites. quantified relationships between individual variability variables (temperature, precipitation SPEI index), as well resilience. Elevated during previous autumn-winter current spring early summer enhanced both all species. Temperature effects on were less consistent: only plantations A. C. P. sylvetris a stand nigra showed negative impacts temperature Drought reduced species variations temporal scale response. constrained more severely pinaster whereas inverse pattern was found for pinsapo. Resilience varied species: atlantica recovered faster plantations, while pinea stands. Overall, did not consistently capacity recover after drought. Therefore, potential tools mitigating warming.