Above- and belowground phenological complementarity as drivers of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in experimental tree plantations
Final Report Abstract
The ongoing increase in the severity and frequency of droughts and biotic disturbances driven by climate change puts forests under threat and constitute a major challenge for future forest management. With our study we demonstrate, that the exceptionally long and intensive drought in Central Europe from 2018 onwards drastically exceeded previous impacts and resulted in widespread mortality in different tree species. Our results contribute to an enhanced understanding of the ecophysiological processes behind drought-induced tree mortality and the effects species mixture on insect pest outbreaks. The studies contribute to identify drought‐tolerant planting stock and select the type of species mixtures to optimize for forest conversion, hence, to adapt forests to climate change. A TV report about the project with participation of our working group can be found at: https://www.br.de/mediathek/video/odysso-rettet-den-wald-av:5d4aec9b1f300600133c41da (minute 30:45)
Publications
- (2020) A first assessment of the impact of the extreme 2018 summer drought on Central European forests. Basic and Applied Ecology
Schuldt B, Buras A, Arend M, Vitasse Y, Beierkuhnlein C, Damm A, Gharun M, Grams T, Hauck M, Hajek P, Hartmann H, Hiltbrunner E, Hoch G, Holloway-Phillips M, Körner C, Larysch E, Lübbe T, Nelson D, Rammig A, Rigling A, Rose L, Ruehr N, Weiser F, Werner C, Wohlgemuth T, Zang C, Kahmen A
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2020.04.003) - (2020) Mutually inclusive mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality
Hajek P, Link RM, Nock C, Bauhus J, Gebauer T, Gessler A, Kovach K, Messier C, Paquette A, Saurer M, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Rose L, Schuldt B
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.17.423038) - (2021) Tree diversity reduces risk of bark beetle infestation for preferred conifer species, but increases risk for less preferred hosts. Journal of Ecology 109: 2649-2661
Berthelot S, Frühbrodt, Hajek P, Nock C, Dormann C, Bauhus J, Fründ J
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13672)
