A5026915772- Forest Management and Policy
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
ETH Zurich
2024
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
2022-2024
Forests can contribute to climate change mitigation by sequestering carbon when management intensity is reduced. However, there high uncertainty regarding biomass dynamics in temperate forests after the cessation of management. We used forest inventory data from an extensive network 224 plots 37 natural reserves (NFR) covering a wide environmental gradient with mean annual temperatures ranging 1 10.4 °C and precipitation 901 2317 mm. Inventories had been conducted approximately every 10...
Abstract Tree regeneration is a key demographic process influencing long‐term forest dynamics. It driven by climate, disturbances, biotic factors and their interactions. Thus, predictions of tree are challenging due to complex feedbacks along the wide climatic gradients covered most species. The stress gradient hypothesis (SGH) provides framework for assessing such across species ranges, suggesting that competition between trees more frequent under favourable conditions, whereas reduced...
Tree regeneration is a key demographic process influencing long-term forest dynamics. It driven by many biotic and abiotic factors. Thus, predictions of tree are challenging because complex feedbacks along climatic gradients. The stress gradient hypothesis (SGH) life-history strategies (LHS) provide framework for assessing such across different species ranges. To address these topics, we analyzed 24 in 6,540 plots from 299 unmanaged European forests. Negative interactions predominated, with...