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dc.contributor.authorAlfaro Sánchez, Raquelen_UK
dc.contributor.authorJump, Alistair Sen_UK
dc.contributor.authorPino, Joanen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDíez-Nogales, Oihaneen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMaria Espelta, Josepen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T00:12:26Z-
dc.date.available2019-06-26T00:12:26Z-
dc.date.issued2019-10-15en_UK
dc.identifier.other107630en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/29749-
dc.description.abstractEurope is undergoing significant forest expansion due to the abandonment of rural areas driven by economic and demographic changes. Recently established forests provide key ecosystem services such as habitat provision and increased carbon stocks. However, we lack understanding of whether past land use might alter their resilience to climate change compared with long-established forests. Forests established in former agricultural areas may benefit from land use legacies resulting in higher fertility, yet such a benefit might turn into a disadvantage if it involves changes in functional attributes that lower their ability to cope with negative climatic events (e.g. droughts). Here we examined whether recently (post 1956) and long-established (pre 1956) beech forests in Catalonia (NE Spain) differ in their growth patterns, wood density, sensitivity to climate and response to extreme climatic events. Our results indicate higher growth (32%) and lower wood density (3%) in trees from recently established forests, even when controlling for tree age and competition. In addition, recently established forests showed a higher sensitivity to Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI)SPEI, precipitation and temperature and to extreme negative and positive climatic events. In particularly wet years, recently established forests show twice the number of positive pointer years than long-established forests. Compensatory growth during positive years in recently established forests, may be driving the similar or even higher recovery and resilience detected after drought episodes. Nevertheless, the higher climatic sensitivity of the recently established forests, together with their greater growth and lower wood density indicates that they may be particularly vulnerable to future droughts. Such enhanced vulnerability might question their ability to contribute to carbon sequestration in the long term and emphasises the need to account for land use legacies to better predict future forest function as climate changes.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationAlfaro Sánchez R, Jump AS, Pino J, Díez-Nogales O & Maria Espelta J (2019) Land use legacies drive higher growth, lower wood density and enhanced climatic sensitivity in recently established forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 276-277, Art. No.: 107630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107630en_UK
dc.rightsThis item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. Accepted refereed manuscript of: Alfaro Sánchez R, Jump AS, Pino J, Díez-Nogales O & Maria Espelta J (2019) Land use legacies drive higher growth, lower wood density and enhanced climatic sensitivity in recently established forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 276-277, Art. No.: 107630. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107630 © 2019, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectForest expansionen_UK
dc.subjectland-use historyen_UK
dc.subjectFagus sylvaticaen_UK
dc.subjectlow latitude distributionen_UK
dc.subjectdendroecologyen_UK
dc.subjectextreme climatic eventsen_UK
dc.titleLand use legacies drive higher growth, lower wood density and enhanced climatic sensitivity in recently established forestsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2020-06-27en_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[Manuscript_Alfaro-SánchezR_Final2_AFM.pdf] Publisher requires embargo of 12 months after formal publication.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107630en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleAgricultural and Forest Meteorologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1873-2240en_UK
dc.citation.issn0168-1923en_UK
dc.citation.volume276-277en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.author.emaila.s.jump@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date26/06/2019en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCentre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCentre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversitat de Barcelonaen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCentre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)en_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000500195900027en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85067875051en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid1396165en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-2167-6451en_UK
dc.date.accepted2019-06-20en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2019-06-20en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2019-06-25en_UK
rioxxterms.apcnot requireden_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorAlfaro Sánchez, Raquel|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorJump, Alistair S|0000-0002-2167-6451en_UK
local.rioxx.authorPino, Joan|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDíez-Nogales, Oihane|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMaria Espelta, Josep|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2020-06-27en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/under-embargo-all-rights-reserved||2020-06-26en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/|2020-06-27|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameManuscript_Alfaro-SánchezR_Final2_AFM.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source1873-2240en_UK
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