Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale

R Silvestro; M Mencuccini; R García-Valdés; S Antonucci; A Arzac; F Biondi; V Buttò; JJ Camarero; F Campelo; H Cochard; K Čufar; HE Cuny; M de Luis; A Deslauriers; G Drolet; MV Fonti; P Fonti; A Giovannelli; J Gričar; A Gruber; V Gryc; R Guerrieri; A Güney; X Guo; J-G Huang; T Jyske; J Kašpar; AV Kirdyanov; T Klein; A Lemay; X Li; E Liang; A Lintunen; F Liu; F Lombardi; Q Ma; H Mäkinen; RA Malik; E Martinez del Castillo; J Martinez-Vilalta; S Mayr; H Morin; C Nabais; P Nöjd; W Oberhuber; JM Olano; AP Ouimette; TVS Paljakka; M Peltoniemi; RL Peters; P Ren; CBK Prislan P. Rathgeber; A Sala; A Saracino; L Saulino; P Schiestl-Aalto; VV Shishov; A Stokes; R Sukumar; J-D Sylvain; Roberto Tognetti; V Treml; J Urban; H Vavrčík; J Vieira; G von Arx; Y Wang; B Yang; Q Zeng; S Zhang; E Ziaco; S Rossi

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Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale

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Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale

R Silvestro, M Mencuccini, R García-Valdés, S Antonucci, A Arzac, F Biondi, V Buttò, JJ Camarero, F Campelo, H Cochard, …

Nature Communications, pp.1-12

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49494-5

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As major terrestrial carbon sinks, forests play an important role in mitigating climate change. The relationship between the seasonal uptake of carbon and its allocation to woody biomass remains poorly understood, leaving a significant gap in our capacity to predict carbon sequestration by forests. Here, we compare the intra-annual dynamics of carbon fluxes and wood formation across the Northern hemisphere, from carbon assimilation and the formation of non-structural carbon compounds to their incorporation in woody tissues. We show temporally coupled seasonal peaks of carbon assimilation (GPP) and wood cell differentiation, while the two processes are substantially decoupled during off-peak periods. Peaks of cambial activity occur substantially earlier compared to GPP, suggesting the buffer role of non-structural carbohydrates between the processes of carbon assimilation and allocation to wood. Our findings suggest that high-resolution seasonal data of ecosystem carbon fluxes, wood formation and the associated physiological processes may reduce uncertainties in carbon source-sink relationships at different spatial scales, from stand to ecosystem levels.

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Title: Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale
Creators: R Silvestro - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
M Mencuccini - Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
R García-Valdés - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
S Antonucci - University of Molise
A Arzac - Siberian Federal University
F Biondi - University of Nevada, Reno
V Buttò - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
JJ Camarero - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
F Campelo - University of Coimbra
H Cochard - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
K Čufar - University of Ljubljana
HE Cuny - Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière
M de Luis
A Deslauriers - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
G Drolet - Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife
MV Fonti - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
P Fonti - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
A Giovannelli - Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth
J Gričar - Slovenian Forestry Institute
A Gruber - Universität Innsbruck
V Gryc - Mendel University in Brno
R Guerrieri - Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
A Güney - Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University
X Guo - Guangxi University
J-G Huang - Zhejiang University
T Jyske - Natural Resources Institute Finland
J Kašpar - Charles University
AV Kirdyanov - Siberian Federal University
T Klein - Weizmann Institute of Science
A Lemay - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
X Li - Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
E Liang - Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
A Lintunen - University of Helsinki
F Liu - South China Botanical Garden
F Lombardi - University of Reggio Calabria
Q Ma - South China Botanical Garden
H Mäkinen - Natural Resources Institute Finland
RA Malik - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
E Martinez del Castillo
J Martinez-Vilalta - Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
S Mayr - Universität Innsbruck
H Morin - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
C Nabais - University of Coimbra
P Nöjd - Natural Resources Institute Finland
W Oberhuber - Universität Innsbruck
JM Olano - Universidad de Valladolid
AP Ouimette - University of New Hampshire
TVS Paljakka
M Peltoniemi - Natural Resources Institute Finland
RL Peters - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
P Ren - Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
CBK Prislan P. Rathgeber
A Sala - University of Montana
A Saracino - University of Naples Federico II
L Saulino - University of Naples Federico II
P Schiestl-Aalto - University of Helsinki
VV Shishov - Siberian Federal University
A Stokes - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
R Sukumar - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
J-D Sylvain - Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife
Roberto Tognetti - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
V Treml - Charles University
J Urban - Mendel University in Brno
H Vavrčík - Mendel University in Brno
J Vieira
G von Arx - Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research
Y Wang - University of Helsinki
B Yang - Nanjing University
Q Zeng - Guangzhou Institute of Geography
S Zhang - South China Botanical Garden
E Ziaco - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
S Rossi - Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Publication Details: Nature Communications, pp.1-12
ISSN: 2041-1723
EISSN: 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 12
Identifiers: (UNIBZ)86556314
991006956863501241
Web of Science ID: WOS:001284820100025
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85200446432
Copyright: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/
Academic Unit: Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Author Names String: Silvestro R, Mencuccini M, García-Valdés R, Antonucci S, Arzac A, Biondi F, Buttò V, Camarero JJ, Campelo F, Cochard H, Čufar K, Cuny HE, de Luis M, Deslauriers A, Drolet G, Fonti MV, Fonti P, Giovannelli A, Gričar J, Gruber A, Gryc V, Guerrieri R, Güney A, Guo X, Huang J-G, Jyske T, Kašpar J, Kirdyanov AV, Klein T, Lemay A, Li X, Liang E, Lintunen A, Liu F, Lombardi F, Ma Q, Mäkinen H, Malik RA, Martinez del Castillo E, Martinez-Vilalta J, Mayr S, Morin H, Nabais C, Nöjd P, Oberhuber W, Olano JM, Ouimette AP, Paljakka TVS, Peltoniemi M, Peters RL, Ren P, Prislan P. Rathgeber CBK, Sala A, Saracino A, Saulino L, Schiestl-Aalto P, Shishov VV, Stokes A, Sukumar R, Sylvain J-D, Tognetti R, Treml V, Urban J, Vavrčík H, Vieira J, von Arx G, Wang Y, Yang B, Zeng Q, Zhang S, Ziaco E, Rossi S

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