Climate change adaption of European beech forests: Silver fir admixtures drive understorey plant diversity

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Abstract: Transformation of monodominant European beech forests into mixed forests by adding alternative tree species is a key strategy of silvicultural climate change adaption in Central Europe. Silver fir (Abies alba) is a promising candidate tree species in this context, as both European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and silver fir were shown to benefit from being cultivated in mixed stands. Sampling pure and mixed forests of the two tree species along a gradient of increasing canopy fractions of silver fir on both acidic and base-rich soils in two montane regions of Central Europe, we analysed the effects of silver fir admixture on the diversity and composition of the forest ground vegetation. Generalized mixed models showed that on both soil types, silver fir admixture significantly increased plant species richness. On acidic soils, plant community changes indicated the encroachment of mixed forests of beech and silver fir by highly acidophilous plant species typical of mixed mountainous conifer forests, with a corresponding shift in the relative abundance of plant strategy types towards more stress-tolerating species. Community change on base-rich soils was mostly driven by increasing abundances of typical forest herbs and light-demanding woody plants. These results show that enriching temperate beech forests with silver fir as a measure of climate change adaption can be considered ecologically acceptable, at least from the perspective of forest understorey vegetation

Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

Extent: Online-Ressource

Language: Englisch

Notes: Forest ecology and management. - 579 (2025) , 122499, ISSN: 0378-1127

Event: Veröffentlichung

(where): Freiburg

(who): Universität

(when): 2025

Creator: Bärmann, Lukas
Kaufmann, Stefan
Hauck, Markus

DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122499

URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2624834

Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.

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Drought hardening of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Silver Fir (Abies alba Mill.) seedlings in mixed cultivation

The early impact of mixed canopies with Norway spruce, European beech and silver fir on a new forest floor

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Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of silver-fir seedlings regenerating in fir stands and larch forecrops

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Consequences of enriching European beech forests with non-native Douglas fir for generalist arthropod predator diversity, abundance and pest control

Influences of silver fir on the water and nutrient supply of beech

Expected impacts of mixing European beech with silver fir on regional air quality and radiation balance

Physiological responses of mixtures of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) to drought

Drought superimposes the positive effect of silver fir on water relations of European beech in mature forest stands

Drought hardening of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Silver Fir (Abies alba Mill.) seedlings in mixed cultivation

The early impact of mixed canopies with Norway spruce, European beech and silver fir on a new forest floor

Nitrogen nutrition of European beech is maintained at sufficient water supply in mixed beech-fir stands

Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of silver-fir seedlings regenerating in fir stands and larch forecrops

Admixing fir to European beech forests improves the soil greenhouse gas balance

Effects of admixing alternative tree species to beech forests for climate change adaption on herb layer plant diversity

Memory effects of water deprivation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) seedlings grown in mixed cultivation

Consequences of enriching European beech forests with non-native Douglas fir for generalist arthropod predator diversity, abundance and pest control

Influences of silver fir on the water and nutrient supply of beech

Expected impacts of mixing European beech with silver fir on regional air quality and radiation balance

Physiological responses of mixtures of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) to drought

Drought superimposes the positive effect of silver fir on water relations of European beech in mature forest stands

Drought hardening of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Silver Fir (Abies alba Mill.) seedlings in mixed cultivation

The early impact of mixed canopies with Norway spruce, European beech and silver fir on a new forest floor

Nitrogen nutrition of European beech is maintained at sufficient water supply in mixed beech-fir stands

Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of silver-fir seedlings regenerating in fir stands and larch forecrops

Admixing fir to European beech forests improves the soil greenhouse gas balance

Effects of admixing alternative tree species to beech forests for climate change adaption on herb layer plant diversity

Memory effects of water deprivation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) seedlings grown in mixed cultivation

Consequences of enriching European beech forests with non-native Douglas fir for generalist arthropod predator diversity, abundance and pest control

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