Disentangling the Legacies of Climate and Management on Tree Growth.

ABSTRACT: Legacies of past climate conditions and historical management govern forest productivity and tree growth. Understanding how these processes interact and the timescales over which they influence tree growth is critical to assess forest vulnerability to climate change. Yet, few studies address this issue, likely because integrated long-term records of both growth and forest management are uncommon. We applied the stochastic antecedent modelling (SAM) framework to annual tree-ring widths from mixed forests to recover the ecological memory of tree growth. We quantified the effects of antecedent temperature and precipitation up to 4 years preceding the year of ring formation and integrated management effects with records of harvesting intensity from historical forest management archives. The SA

SUBMITTER: Marques L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8827397 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature