Journal article
Decreasing stand density favors resistance, resilience, and recovery of Quercus petraea trees to a severe drought, particularly on dry sites
A Schmitt, R Trouvé, I Seynave, F Lebourgeois
Annals of Forest Science | SPRINGER FRANCE | Published : 2020
Abstract
Key message: Decreasing stand density increases resistance, resilience, and recovery ofQuercus petraeatrees to severe drought (2003), particularly on dry sites, and the effect was independent of tree social status. Context: Controlling competition is an advocated strategy to modulate the response of trees to predicted changes in climate. Aims: We investigated the effects of stand density (low, medium, high; relative density index 0.20, 0.53, 1.04), social status (dominant, codominant, suppressed), and water balance (dry, mesic, wet; summer water balance − 182, − 126, − 96 mm) on the climate-growth relationships (1997–2012) and resistance (Rt), resilience (Rs), and recovery (Rc) following the..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The GIS Coop networks benefits from the financial support of the French Ministry of Agriculture and Forest since 1994. As partner of GISCoop, AgroParisTech (formerlyENGREF), CPFA, IDF, FCBA(formerly Afocel), INRAE (formerly INRA and Irstea), and ONF support the GIS Coop and have made available more than 175 people since 1994. The projects below also contributed to GIS Coop networks and to this study: ADAREEX (17VN04, 2016-2018); RMT AFORCE, Ministere en charge des Forets, France Bois Foret, Labex ARBRE CoopEco (2012-2017); Ministere de l 'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Foret, Office National des Forets; E16/2012, E31/2012, E22/2015.