Intra-annual density fluctuations in tree rings are proxies of air temperature across Europe
Battipaglia G, Kabala JP, Pacheco-Solana A, Niccoli F, Bräuning A, Campelo F, Cufar K, de Luis M, De Micco V, Klisz M, Koprowski M, Garcia-Gonzalez I, Nabais C, Vieira J, Wrzesiński P, Zafirov N, Cherubini P (2023)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
Journal
Book Volume: 13
Pages Range: 12294-
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39610-8
Abstract
Intra-Annual Density Fluctuations (IADFs) are an important wood functional trait that determine trees' ability to adapt to climatic changes. Here, we use a large tree-ring database of 11 species from 89 sites across eight European countries, covering a climatic gradient from the Mediterranean to northern Europe, to analyze how climate variations drive IADF formation. We found that IADF occurrence increases nonlinearly with ring width in both gymnosperms and angiosperms and decreases with altitude and age. Recently recorded higher mean annual temperatures facilitate the formation of IADFs in almost all the studied species. Precipitation plays a significant role in inducing IADFs in species that exhibit drought tolerance capability, and a growth pattern known as bimodal growth. Our findings suggest that species with bimodal growth patterns growing in western and southern Europe will form IADFs more frequently, as an adaptation to increasing temperatures and droughts.
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Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Italy (IT)
Universidade de Coimbra
Portugal (PT)
University of Ljubljana (UL) / Univerza v Ljubljani
Slovenia (SI)
Universidad de Zaragoza
Spain (ES)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Italy (IT)
Forest Research Institute / Instytut Badawczy Leśnictwa (IBL)
Poland (PL)
Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) / Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu (UMK)
Poland (PL)
Universidade de Santiago Compostela (USC)
Spain (ES)
University of Forestry / Лесотехнически университет (ЛТУ)
Bulgaria (BG)
Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (WSL)
Switzerland (CH)
Italy (IT)
Universidade de Coimbra
Portugal (PT)
University of Ljubljana (UL) / Univerza v Ljubljani
Slovenia (SI)
Universidad de Zaragoza
Spain (ES)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Italy (IT)
Forest Research Institute / Instytut Badawczy Leśnictwa (IBL)
Poland (PL)
Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) / Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu (UMK)
Poland (PL)
Universidade de Santiago Compostela (USC)
Spain (ES)
University of Forestry / Лесотехнически университет (ЛТУ)
Bulgaria (BG)
Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (WSL)
Switzerland (CH)
How to cite
APA:
Battipaglia, G., Kabala, J.P., Pacheco-Solana, A., Niccoli, F., Bräuning, A., Campelo, F.,... Cherubini, P. (2023). Intra-annual density fluctuations in tree rings are proxies of air temperature across Europe. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 12294-. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39610-8
MLA:
Battipaglia, G., et al. "Intra-annual density fluctuations in tree rings are proxies of air temperature across Europe." Scientific Reports 13.1 (2023): 12294-.
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