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Root overlap and allocation of above- and belowground growth of European beech in pure and mixed stands of Douglas fir and Norway spruce

Amani S. Lwilaa(), Christian Ammera,b, Oliver Gailingb,c, Ludger Leinemannc, Martina Mundd
Department of Silviculture & Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
Center for Biodiversity and Sustainable Land-Use, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 2, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
Forestry Research and Competence Centre Gotha, Jägerstraße 1, D-99867, Germany
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Abstract

Site conditions and species identity have a combined effect on fine root growth of trees in pure and mixed stands. However, mechanisms that may contribute to this effect are rarely studied, even though they are essential to assess the potential of species to cope with climate change. This study examined fine root overlap and the linkage between fine root and stem growth of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) growing in pure and mixed stands with Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) or Norway spruce (Picea abies) at two different study sites in northwestern Germany.

The study sites represented substantially different soil and climate conditions. At each site, three stands, and at each stand, three pairs of trees were studied. In the pure beech stand, the pairs consisted of two beech trees, while in the mixed stands each pair was composed of a beech tree and a conifer. Between each pair, three evenly spaced soil cores were taken monthly throughout the growing season. In the pure beech stands, microsatellite markers were used to assign the fine roots to individual trees. Changes in stem diameter of beech were quantified and then upscaled to aboveground wood productivity with automatic high-resolution circumference dendrometers.

We found that fine root overlap between neighboring trees varied independently of the distance between the paired trees or the stand types (pure versus mixed stands), indicating that there was no territorial competition. Aboveground wood productivity (wood NPP) and fine root productivity (root NPP) showed similar unimodal seasonal patterns, peaking in June. However, this pattern was more distinct for root NPP, and root NPP started earlier and lasted longer than wood NPP. The influence of site conditions on the variation in wood and root NPP of beech was stronger than that of stand type. Wood NPP was, as expected, higher at the richer site than at the poorer site. In contrast, root NPP was higher at the poorer than at the richer site.

We concluded that beech can respond to limited resources not only above- but also belowground and that the negative relationship between above- and belowground growth across the study sites suggests an 'optimal partitioning' of growth under stress.

Keywords

Fine root growthStem growthTrade-offCost-benefit ratioBelowground territorialityConspecific neighborsHeterospecific neighbors

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Forest Ecosystems
Volume 11 Issue 5,
October 2024
Article number: 100217
DOI: 10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100217
Cite this article:
Lwila AS, Ammer C, Gailing O, et al. Root overlap and allocation of above- and belowground growth of European beech in pure and mixed stands of Douglas fir and Norway spruce. Forest Ecosystems, 2024, 11(5): 100217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100217
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