Tree recruitment is determined by stand structure and shade tolerance with uncertain role of climate and water relations.

ABSTRACT: Tree regeneration is a key process for long-term forest dynamics, determining changes in species composition and shaping successional trajectories. While tree regeneration is a highly stochastic process, tree regeneration studies often cover narrow environmental gradients only, focusing on specific forest types or species in distinct regions. Thus, the larger-scale effects of temperature, water availability, and stand structure on tree regeneration are poorly understood.We investigated these effects in respect of tree recruitment (in-growth) along wide environmental gradients using forest inventory data from Flanders (Belgium), northwestern Germany, and Switzerland covering more than 40 tree species. We employed generalized linear mixed models to capture the abundance of tree recruitment i

SUBMITTER: Kaber Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427579 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature