Early overyielding in a mixed deciduous forest is driven by both above- and below-ground species-specific acclimatization
Our findings underscore the crucial role of species trait diversity in enhancing productivity in mixed deciduous forest plantations. Allometric changes highlight the need to differentiate between (active) acclimatizations and (passive) tree size-related changes, but illustrate major consequences of competitive interactions for the functional relationship between leaves, stem and roots. This study points towards the significant contributions of both above- and below-ground components to overall productivity of planted mixed-species forests.
Authors
- Douglas L. Godbold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5607-5800)
- Matthias Steinparzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-843X)
- Ramona Werner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0075-1720)
- Boris Rewald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8098-0616)
- Iftekhar Uddin Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2747-1561)
- Hans Sandén (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-6307)
- Mathias Mayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4366-9188)
- Lisa T Gasser
Institutions
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (CH)
- Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
- Austrian Research Centre for Forests (AT)
- Mendel University in Brno (CZ)
- BOKU University (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae150
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.15
Funders
- Biodiversa+
- Austrian Science Fund
- Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft
- Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
- Mendelova Univerzita v Brně