Journal article
Radial growth resilience of sessile oak after drought is affected by site water status, stand density, and social status
R Trouvé, JD Bontemps, C Collet, I Seynave, F Lebourgeois
Trees Structure and Function | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | Published : 2017
Abstract
Key message: Tree resilience to drought was higher in drier sites and lower for suppressed trees grown in higher density stands, highlighting the role of acclimation and selection in tree responses to drought. Abstract: Ongoing climate change will drive more frequent drought events in the future, with potential impacts on tree community structure and functioning. Growth responses of tree communities may depend on their past water status and on competition pressure. We investigated the effects of site water status, population density, and tree social status on tree growth resistance and resilience following the severe drought of 1976 in even-aged stands of sessile oak (Quercus petraea). We us..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The thesis Grant of Raphael Trouve was funded by the French National Forest Office and the French Ministry for Forests, Agriculture and Fisheries. Raphael Trouve was also funded by the French Research Agency (ANR) through the 'Oracle' project (CEP&S call, 2010). We thank all workers that have been involved in setting up and maintaining the permanent research plot network and in the data collection. We also wish to thank Sebastien Daviller and Fabien Spicher for the retrospective data collection fieldwork, as well as Patrick Baker for comments on the manuscript. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments which helped improve the manuscript.