Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors

Global change triggers shifts in forest composition, with warming and aridification being particularly threatening for the populations located at the rear edge of the species distributions. This is the case of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the Mediterranean Basin where uncertainties in relation t...

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Autores: Benavides, Raquel, García Rabasa, Sonia, Granda, Elena|||0000-0002-9559-4213, Escudero, Adrián|||0000-0002-1427-5465, Hódar, José Antonio|||0000-0003-3475-4997, Martínez Vilalta, Jordi|||0000-0002-2332-7298, Rincón Herranz, Ana M., Zamora Rodríguez, Regino|||0000-0002-5049-9968, Valladares, Fernando|||0000-0002-5374-4682
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Climate
Demography
Pinus sylvestris
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spelling Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factorsBenavides, RaquelGarcía Rabasa, SoniaGranda, Elena|||0000-0002-9559-4213Escudero, Adrián|||0000-0002-1427-5465Hódar, José Antonio|||0000-0003-3475-4997Martínez Vilalta, Jordi|||0000-0002-2332-7298Rincón Herranz, Ana M.Zamora Rodríguez, Regino|||0000-0002-5049-9968Valladares, Fernando|||0000-0002-5374-4682ClimateDemographyPinus sylvestrisGlobal change triggers shifts in forest composition, with warming and aridification being particularly threatening for the populations located at the rear edge of the species distributions. This is the case of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the Mediterranean Basin where uncertainties in relation to its dynamics under these changing scenarios are still high. We analysed the relative effect of climate on the recruitment patterns of Scots pine and its interactions with local biotic and abiotic variables at different spatial scales. Number of seedlings and saplings was surveyed, and their annual shoot growth measured in 96 plots located across altitudinal gradients in three different regions in the Iberian Peninsula. We found a significant influence of climate on demography and performance of recruits, with a non-linear effect of temperature on the presence of juveniles, and a positive effect of precipitation on their survival. Abundance of juveniles of P. sylvestris that underwent their first summer drought was skewed towards higher altitudes than the altitudinal mean range of the conspecific adults and the optimum elevation for seedlings' emergence. At local level, light availability did not influence juveniles' density, but it enhanced their growth. Biotic interactions were found between juveniles and the herb cover (competition) and between the number of newly emerged seedlings and shrubs (facilitation). Results also highlighted the indirect effect that climate exerts over the local factors, modulating the interactions with the pre-existing vegetation that were more evident at more stressful sites. This multiscale approach improves our understanding of the dynamics of these marginal populations and some management criteria can be inferred to boost their conservation under the current global warming. 22013-01-0120132013-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/126956https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059824reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 226299European Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 265171Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 CSD2008_00040open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:1269562026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors
title Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors
spellingShingle Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors
Benavides, Raquel
Climate
Demography
Pinus sylvestris
title_short Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors
title_full Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors
title_fullStr Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors
title_full_unstemmed Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors
title_sort Direct and indirect effects of climate on demography and early growth of pinus sylvestris at the rear edge: changing roles of biotic and abiotic factors
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Benavides, Raquel
García Rabasa, Sonia
Granda, Elena|||0000-0002-9559-4213
Escudero, Adrián|||0000-0002-1427-5465
Hódar, José Antonio|||0000-0003-3475-4997
Martínez Vilalta, Jordi|||0000-0002-2332-7298
Rincón Herranz, Ana M.
Zamora Rodríguez, Regino|||0000-0002-5049-9968
Valladares, Fernando|||0000-0002-5374-4682
author Benavides, Raquel
author_facet Benavides, Raquel
García Rabasa, Sonia
Granda, Elena|||0000-0002-9559-4213
Escudero, Adrián|||0000-0002-1427-5465
Hódar, José Antonio|||0000-0003-3475-4997
Martínez Vilalta, Jordi|||0000-0002-2332-7298
Rincón Herranz, Ana M.
Zamora Rodríguez, Regino|||0000-0002-5049-9968
Valladares, Fernando|||0000-0002-5374-4682
author_role author
author2 García Rabasa, Sonia
Granda, Elena|||0000-0002-9559-4213
Escudero, Adrián|||0000-0002-1427-5465
Hódar, José Antonio|||0000-0003-3475-4997
Martínez Vilalta, Jordi|||0000-0002-2332-7298
Rincón Herranz, Ana M.
Zamora Rodríguez, Regino|||0000-0002-5049-9968
Valladares, Fernando|||0000-0002-5374-4682
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Climate
Demography
Pinus sylvestris
topic Climate
Demography
Pinus sylvestris
description Global change triggers shifts in forest composition, with warming and aridification being particularly threatening for the populations located at the rear edge of the species distributions. This is the case of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the Mediterranean Basin where uncertainties in relation to its dynamics under these changing scenarios are still high. We analysed the relative effect of climate on the recruitment patterns of Scots pine and its interactions with local biotic and abiotic variables at different spatial scales. Number of seedlings and saplings was surveyed, and their annual shoot growth measured in 96 plots located across altitudinal gradients in three different regions in the Iberian Peninsula. We found a significant influence of climate on demography and performance of recruits, with a non-linear effect of temperature on the presence of juveniles, and a positive effect of precipitation on their survival. Abundance of juveniles of P. sylvestris that underwent their first summer drought was skewed towards higher altitudes than the altitudinal mean range of the conspecific adults and the optimum elevation for seedlings' emergence. At local level, light availability did not influence juveniles' density, but it enhanced their growth. Biotic interactions were found between juveniles and the herb cover (competition) and between the number of newly emerged seedlings and shrubs (facilitation). Results also highlighted the indirect effect that climate exerts over the local factors, modulating the interactions with the pre-existing vegetation that were more evident at more stressful sites. This multiscale approach improves our understanding of the dynamics of these marginal populations and some management criteria can be inferred to boost their conservation under the current global warming.
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