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The productivity of mixed mountain forests comprised of Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, and Abies alba across Europe
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The productivity of mixed mountain forests comprised of Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, and Abies alba across Europe

  • Hilmers, Torben ORCID Chair for Forest Growth and Yield Science, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-Von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising, Germany
  • Avdagić, Admir University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Forestry, Chair of Forest Management and Urban Greenery, Zagrebačka 20, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bartkowicz, Leszek Department of Silviculture, Institute of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. 29-listopada 46, Krakow, Poland
  • Bielak, Kamil Department of Silviculture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159/34 Warsaw, Poland
  • Binder, Franz Bavarian State Institute of Forestry (LWF), Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 1, Freising, Germany
  • Bončina, Andrej University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Večna pot 83, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Dobor, Laura Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague 6, Czech Republic
  • Forrester, David I Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
  • Hobi, Martina L Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
  • Ibrahimspahić, Aida University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Forestry, Chair of Forest Management and Urban Greenery, Zagrebačka 20, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Jaworski, Andrzej Department of Silviculture, Institute of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. 29-listopada 46, Krakow, Poland
  • Klopčič, Matija University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Večna pot 83, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Matović, Bratislav University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, Vuka Karadžića 30, 71123 Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Nagel, Thomas A University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Večna pot 83, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Petráš, Rudolf National Forest Centre, T. G. Masaryka 22, Zvolen, Slovakia
  • del Rio, Miren iuFOR, Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid & INIA, Spain
  • Stajić, Branko University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Kneza Višeslava 1 11030 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Uhl, Enno Chair for Forest Growth and Yield Science, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-Von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising, Germany
  • Zlatanov, Tzvetan Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Tognetti, Roberto Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Ambiente e Alimenti, Università degli Studi del Molise, Via Francesco De Sanctis, Campobasso, Italy
  • Pretzsch, Hans Chair for Forest Growth and Yield Science, Technical University of Munich, Hans-Carl-Von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising, Germany
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  • 2019-6-14
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  • Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. - Oxford University Press (OUP). - 2019, vol. 92, no. 5, p. 512-522
Forestry
English Abstract
Mixed mountain forests of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst), and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) cover a total area of more than 10 million hectares in Europe. Due to altitudinal zoning, these forests are particularly vulnerable to climate change. However, as little is known about the long-term development of the productivity and the adaptation and mitigation potential of these forest systems in Europe, reliable information on productivity is required for sustainable forest management. Using generalized additive mixed models this study investigated 60 long-term experimental plots and provides information about the productivity of mixed mountain forests across a variety of European mountain areas in a standardized way for the first time. The average periodic annual volume increment (PAI) of these forests amounts to 9.3 m3ha−1y−1. Despite a significant increase in annual mean temperature the PAI has not changed significantly over the last 30 years. However, at the species level, we found significant changes in the growth dynamics. While beech had a PAI of 8.2 m3ha−1y−1 over the entire period (1980–2010), the PAI of spruce dropped significantly from 14.2 to 10.8 m3ha−1y−1, and the PAI of fir rose significantly from 7.2 to 11.3 m3ha−1y−1. Consequently, we observed stable stand volume increments in relation to climate change.
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