Drought-induced shift in tree response to climate in floodplain forests of Southeastern Europe.

ABSTRACT: Floodplain forests are the most rapidly disappearing ecosystem in the world, especially in temperate regions of Europe where anthropogenic influence has been pronounced throughout history. Research on primeval forests is crucial to further our understanding of their natural dynamics and interaction with climate but is limited by the lack of such preserved forests. The aim of this study was to investigate how a primeval floodplain forest in Southeastern Europe has responded to climate variability during the last 250 years through comparison of tree growth and climate, canopy disturbance and recruitment dynamic of two dominant tree species with different tolerances to flooding/drought. Our analysis revealed induced stress caused by several consecutive severe drought events in the 1940s, whic

SUBMITTER: Mikac S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6220280 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature