NDLI: The effects of thinning intensity and tree size on the growth response to annual climate in Cedrus atlantica: a linear mixed modeling approach

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Author	Guillemot, Joannès Klein, Etienne K. Davi, Hendrik Courbet, François
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	With a retrospective growth analysis over 20 years, we showed that silviculture (in particular thinning) of Cedrus atlantica (Manetti) could to some extent mitigate the effects of drought episodes. Severe reductions of density resulted in faster recovery of radial growth after severe drought episodes. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and the intensity of drought in southern Europe. Silviculture could help in mitigating the effects of water deficit on forests.The aim of this study is to assess the effect of thinning intensity on the climate-growth relationship of different crown classes in Cedrus atlantica (Manetti).A 20-year annual survey was conducted on plots managed under contrasted thinning regimes in a site of the southern French Alps. Using a linear mixed modeling approach, we evaluated the modulation of the growth response to annual climate by thinning (climate × thinning interaction effect) during the experiment. The effect of thinning on the growth sensitivity to annual climate and the effect of thinning on the growth response to pointer years were also quantified.The highest intensity of thinning significantly changed the climate-growth relationship of the two most dominant crown classes. Heavy thinning reduced the impact of negative pointer years during a period of 4–5 years and improved the post-drought recovery for a decade. Heavily thinned plots and dominant crown classes had significantly higher relative growth sensitivities to annual climate over the studied period.Forest management has the potential to reduce the effect of water deficit on the growth of Atlas cedar stands. We provide keystones for future silvicultural guidelines, in the context of a larger introduction of C. atlantica in the French territory.
Starting Page	651
Ending Page	663
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	12864560
Journal	Annals of Forest Science
Volume Number	72
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	1297966X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Paris
Publisher Date	2015-03-06
Publisher Institution	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Publisher Place	Paris
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Forest management Crown classes Stand density Water deficit Resilience Competition Dendrochronology Forestry Wood Science & Technology Forestry Management Tree Biology Environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Forestry

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