The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests

RL Salomón; RL Peters; R Zweifel; UGW Sass-Klaassen; AI Stegehuis; M Smiljanic; R Poyatos; F Babst; E Cienciala; P Fonti; BJW Lerink; M Lindner; J Martinez-Vilalta; M Mencuccini; G-J Nabuurs; E van der Maaten; G von Arx; A Bär; L Akhmetzyanov; D Balanzategui; M Bellan; J Bendix; D Berveiller; M Blaženec; V Čada; V Carraro; S Cecchini; T Chan; M Conedera; N Delpierre; S Delzon; Ľ Ditmarová; J Dolezal; E Dufrêne; J Edvardsson; S Ehekircher; A Forner; J Frouz; A Ganthaler; V Gryc; A Güney; I Heinrich; R Hentschel; P Janda; M Ježík; H-P Kahle; S Knüsel; J Krejza; Ł Kuberski; J Kučera; F Lebourgeois; M Mikoláš; R Matula; S Mayr; W Oberhuber; Nikolaus Obojes; B Osborne; T Paljakka; R Plichta; CBK Rathgeber; I Rabbel; Y Salmon; M Saunders; T Scharnweber; Z Sitková; DF Stangler; K Stereńczak; M Stojanović; K Střelcová; J Světlík; M Svoboda; B Tobin; V Trotsiuk; J Urban; F Valladares; H Vavrčík; M Vejpustková; L Walthert; M Wilmking; E Zin; J Zou; K Steppe

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The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests

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The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests

RL Salomón, RL Peters, R Zweifel, UGW Sass-Klaassen, AI Stegehuis, M Smiljanic, R Poyatos, F Babst, E Cienciala, P Fonti, …

Nature Communications, Vol.13(28)

10/01/2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27579-9

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Heatwaves exert disproportionately strong and sometimes irreversible impacts on forest ecosystems. These impacts remain poorly understood at the tree and species level and across large spatial scales. Here, we investigate the effects of the record-breaking 2018 European heatwave on tree growth and tree water status using a collection of high-temporal resolution dendrometer data from 21 species across 53 sites. Relative to the two preceding years, annual stem growth was not consistently reduced by the 2018 heatwave but stems experienced twice the temporary shrinkage due to depletion of water reserves. Conifer species were less capable of rehydrating overnight than broadleaves across gradients of soil and atmospheric drought, suggesting less resilience toward transient stress. In particular, Norway spruce and Scots pine experienced extensive stem dehydration. Our high-resolution dendrometer network was suitable to disentangle the effects of a severe heatwave on tree growth and desiccation at large-spatial scales in situ, and provided insights on which species may be more vulnerable to climate extremes.

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Title: The 2018 European heatwave led to stem dehydration but not to consistent growth reductions in forests
Creators: RL Salomón - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
RL Peters
R Zweifel - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
UGW Sass-Klaassen
AI Stegehuis - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
M Smiljanic - Greifswald University Hospital
R Poyatos - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
F Babst - University of Arizona
E Cienciala - Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
P Fonti - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
BJW Lerink
M Lindner - Stockholm Resilience Centre
J Martinez-Vilalta - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
M Mencuccini - Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
G-J Nabuurs - Wageningen University & Research
E van der Maaten - TU Dresden
G von Arx - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
A Bär - Universität Innsbruck
L Akhmetzyanov - Wageningen University & Research
D Balanzategui - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
M Bellan - Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
J Bendix - Faculty
D Berveiller - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
M Blaženec - Slovak Academy of Sciences
V Čada - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
V Carraro - University of Padua
S Cecchini - Office National des Forêts, Département Recherche Développement et Innovation
T Chan
M Conedera - Landscape Research Group
N Delpierre - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
S Delzon - Universite de Bordeaux, INRAE, BIOGECO
Ľ Ditmarová - Slovak Academy of Sciences
J Dolezal - Institute of Botany
E Dufrêne - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
J Edvardsson
S Ehekircher - University of Hohenheim
A Forner - Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica
J Frouz - Charles University
A Ganthaler - Universität Innsbruck
V Gryc - Mendel University in Brno
A Güney - Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University
I Heinrich - Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
R Hentschel - Cancer Genomics Centre
P Janda - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
M Ježík - Slovak Academy of Sciences
H-P Kahle - University of Freiburg
S Knüsel - Landscape Research Group
J Krejza - Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
Ł Kuberski - Forest Research Institute
J Kučera - Environmental Measuring Systems Ltd.
F Lebourgeois - AgroParisTech
M Mikoláš - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
R Matula - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
S Mayr - AgroParisTech
W Oberhuber - AgroParisTech
Nikolaus Obojes - Eurac Research
B Osborne - University College Dublin
T Paljakka - University of Helsinki
R Plichta - Mendel University in Brno
CBK Rathgeber
I Rabbel - University of Bonn
Y Salmon - University of Helsinki
M Saunders - Trinity College Dublin
T Scharnweber - Greifswald University Hospital
Z Sitková - Forest Research Institute
DF Stangler - University of Freiburg
K Stereńczak - Forest Research Institute
M Stojanović - Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
K Střelcová - Technical University of Zvolen
J Světlík - Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
M Svoboda - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
B Tobin - University College Dublin
V Trotsiuk - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
J Urban - Mendel University in Brno
F Valladares - Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica
H Vavrčík - Mendel University in Brno
M Vejpustková - Forestry and Game Management Research Institute
L Walthert - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
M Wilmking - Greifswald University Hospital
E Zin - Forest Research Institute
J Zou - Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
K Steppe - Ghent University
Publication Details: Nature Communications, Vol.13(28)
ISSN: 2041-1723
EISSN: 2041-1723
Series / Volume: 13
Publisher: Nature Research
Identifiers: (EURAC)26051175
991006483097701241
Web of Science ID: WOS:000885536100001
Copyright: Open Access. 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 license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license 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 license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Academic Unit: Institute for Alpine Environment
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Description coverage: international
Description audience: Scientific
Local Fields: Scientific
Author Names String: Salomón RL, Peters RL, Zweifel R, Sass-Klaassen UGW, Stegehuis AI, Smiljanic M, Poyatos R, Babst F, Cienciala E, Fonti P, Lerink BJW, Lindner M, Martinez-Vilalta J, Mencuccini M, Nabuurs G-J, van der Maaten E, von Arx G, Bär A, Akhmetzyanov L, Balanzategui D, Bellan M, Bendix J, Berveiller D, Blaženec M, Čada V, Carraro V, Cecchini S, Chan T, Conedera M, Delpierre N, Delzon S, Ditmarová Ľ, Dolezal J, Dufrêne E, Edvardsson J, Ehekircher S, Forner A, Frouz J, Ganthaler A, Gryc V, Güney A, Heinrich I, Hentschel R, Janda P, Ježík M, Kahle H-P, Knüsel S, Krejza J, Kuberski Ł, Kučera J, Lebourgeois F, Mikoláš M, Matula R, Mayr S, Oberhuber W, Obojes N, Osborne B, Paljakka T, Plichta R, Rabbel I, Rathgeber CBK, Salmon Y, Saunders M, Scharnweber T, Sitková Z, Stangler DF, Stereńczak K, Stojanović M, Střelcová K, Světlík J, Svoboda M, Tobin B, Trotsiuk V, Urban J, Valladares F, Vavrčík H, Vejpustková M, Walthert L, Wilmking M, Zin E, Zou J, Steppe K

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