@article{1d824c2c10d1419b8d9a3e94159e2e91,
title = "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 SAM approach uncovered important time periods most influential to growth, typically the warmer and drier months or seasons, but variation among species and sites emerged. Silver fir responded primarily to past climate conditions (25–50 months prior to the year of ring formation), while European beech and Scots pine responded mostly to climate conditions during the year of ring formation and the previous year, although these responses varied among sites. Past management and climate interacted in such a way that harvesting promoted growth in young silver fir under wet and warm conditions and in old European beech under drier and cooler conditions. Our study shows that the ecological memory associated with climate legacies and historical forest management is species-specific and context-dependent, suggesting that both aspects are needed to properly evaluate forest functioning under climate change.",
keywords = "Abies alba, Ecological memory, Fagus sylvatica, Forest management, Legacy effects, Pinus sylvestris, Spanish Pyrenees, Tree growth",
author = "Laura Marqu{\'e}s and Peltier, {Drew M.P.} and Camarero, {J. Julio} and Zavala, {Miguel A.} and Jaime Madrigal-Gonz{\'a}lez and Gabriel Sang{\"u}esa-Barreda and Kiona Ogle",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to Francho Aso Ord{\'a}s (Unidad de Gesti{\'o}n Forestal de Huesca, Arag{\'o}n Gov., Espa{\~n}a) for helping with the data acquisition from the historical archives. We also thank Antonio Gazol and Xavier Serra-Maluquer for their support with fieldwork and data analysis, and the two anonymous reviewers whose suggestions helped improve and clarify this manuscript. L. Marqu{\'e}s acknowledges funding from the University of Alcal{\'a} for a mobility grant to visit the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University (NAU), and thanks to all members of the Ogle Laboratory at NAU for their helpful advice. L. Marqu{\'e}s was supported by a FPI grant from the University of Alcal{\'a}; G. Sang{\"u}esa-Barreda was supported by a Juan de la Cierva-Formaci{\'o}n grant from MINECO (FJCI 2016-30121). We acknowledge funding provided by projects FUNDIVER (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MINECO, Spain; CGL2015-69186-C2-1-R and CGL2015-69186-C2-2-R projects), FORMAL (MINECO, Spain; RTI2018-096884-B-C31 and RTI2018-096884-B-C32), and the National Science Foundation, Advances in Biological Informatics (#1458867). The authors declare no conflict of interest. Funding Information: We are grateful to Francho Aso Ord?s (Unidad de Gesti?n Forestal de Huesca, Arag?n Gov., Espa?a) for helping with the data acquisition from the historical archives. We also thank Antonio Gazol and Xavier Serra-Maluquer for their support with fieldwork and data analysis, and the two anonymous reviewers whose suggestions?helped improve and clarify?this manuscript. L. Marqu?s acknowledges funding from the University of Alcal? for a mobility grant to visit the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University (NAU), and thanks to all members of the Ogle Laboratory at NAU for their helpful advice. L. Marqu?s was supported by a FPI grant from the University of Alcal?; G. Sang?esa-Barreda was supported by a Juan de la Cierva-Formaci?n grant from MINECO (FJCI 2016-30121). We acknowledge funding provided by projects FUNDIVER (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, MINECO, Spain; CGL2015-69186-C2-1-R and CGL2015-69186-C2-2-R projects), FORMAL (MINECO, Spain; RTI2018-096884-B-C31 and RTI2018-096884-B-C32), and the National Science Foundation, Advances in Biological Informatics (#1458867). The authors declare no conflict of interest. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1007/s10021-021-00650-8",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "215--235",
journal = "Ecosystems",
issn = "1432-9840",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "1",
}