Does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of North Patagonia?

Globally, the increasing forests vulnerability and drought-induced forest mortality events, extended to a larger scale, may have the potential to rapidly alter forest functioning and the provision of ecosystem services. Patagonian forests in Southern South America constitute an extensive reservoir o...

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Autores principales: Varela, Santiago Agustin, Diez, Juan Pablo, Letourneau, Federico Jorge, Bianchi, Emilio, Weigandt, Mariana Noemi, Porté, A.J., Sergent, Anne Sophie, Nacif, Marcos E., Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro, Fernandez, María Elena
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14693
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112723002736
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121039
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author Varela, Santiago Agustin
Diez, Juan Pablo
Letourneau, Federico Jorge
Bianchi, Emilio
Weigandt, Mariana Noemi
Porté, A.J.
Sergent, Anne Sophie
Nacif, Marcos E.
Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro
Fernandez, María Elena
author_browse Bianchi, Emilio
Diez, Juan Pablo
Fernandez, María Elena
Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro
Letourneau, Federico Jorge
Nacif, Marcos E.
Porté, A.J.
Sergent, Anne Sophie
Varela, Santiago Agustin
Weigandt, Mariana Noemi
author_facet Varela, Santiago Agustin
Diez, Juan Pablo
Letourneau, Federico Jorge
Bianchi, Emilio
Weigandt, Mariana Noemi
Porté, A.J.
Sergent, Anne Sophie
Nacif, Marcos E.
Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro
Fernandez, María Elena
author_sort Varela, Santiago Agustin
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description Globally, the increasing forests vulnerability and drought-induced forest mortality events, extended to a larger scale, may have the potential to rapidly alter forest functioning and the provision of ecosystem services. Patagonian forests in Southern South America constitute an extensive reservoir of wildlife, but at the same time they have high productive potential. These low-mixed forests are composed of co-dominant species that are highly disturbed by local population, both for cattle raising and wood extraction; and different efforts are being dedicated to improve their management. Very little is known about the response of their different woody species to climatic variation, particularly to severe drought in particular, that may guide management strategies to improve productivity and resilience in context of drought stress and climate change. The present study aimed at characterizing the physiological strategies of response to drought to identify the most vulnerable and most resilient species to drought and how they respond under different competition levels. The response of four species of the Andean Patagonian low mixed forest was quantified at three moments of the 2018–2019 growing season in three sites through measurements of the net carbon exchange, vulnerability to xylem cavitation, tissue water relations, and damage of the photosynthetic apparatus. Additionally, records of average monthly values of precipitation and air temperature were used to calculate a standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index. The normal climatic conditions of NW Patagonia region are characterized by water deficits during the spring-summer growing season, but the studied season presented lower values of standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index respect to the historical mean values, indicating drier than normal conditions. Analysis of the tissue water relations showed that, in all cases, competition had no effect over the different studied parameters. There were species-specific differences in the models fitted to the vulnerability to cavitation curves; as a whole, all the species differed from each other. Overall, for all the physiological response traits studied, the Site, Species, and Season factors were important predictors in the minimum adequate model. Although there is an effect of competition on the individual annual growth, that effect is not evidenced in physiological variables of punctual measurement. Our results suggest that the effect of summer drought cannot be modulated by density management. The productivity of the species of interest can be improved, but not their adaptability, at least to severe events such as the one of the year of study.
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spelling INTA146932023-07-11T10:35:15Z Does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of North Patagonia? Varela, Santiago Agustin Diez, Juan Pablo Letourneau, Federico Jorge Bianchi, Emilio Weigandt, Mariana Noemi Porté, A.J. Sergent, Anne Sophie Nacif, Marcos E. Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro Fernandez, María Elena Déficit Hídrico Ecofisiología Sostenibilidad Formaciónes Boscosas Ordenación Forestal Sostenible Water Shortage Ecophysiology Sustainability Woodlands Sustainable Forest Management Región Patagónica Globally, the increasing forests vulnerability and drought-induced forest mortality events, extended to a larger scale, may have the potential to rapidly alter forest functioning and the provision of ecosystem services. Patagonian forests in Southern South America constitute an extensive reservoir of wildlife, but at the same time they have high productive potential. These low-mixed forests are composed of co-dominant species that are highly disturbed by local population, both for cattle raising and wood extraction; and different efforts are being dedicated to improve their management. Very little is known about the response of their different woody species to climatic variation, particularly to severe drought in particular, that may guide management strategies to improve productivity and resilience in context of drought stress and climate change. The present study aimed at characterizing the physiological strategies of response to drought to identify the most vulnerable and most resilient species to drought and how they respond under different competition levels. The response of four species of the Andean Patagonian low mixed forest was quantified at three moments of the 2018–2019 growing season in three sites through measurements of the net carbon exchange, vulnerability to xylem cavitation, tissue water relations, and damage of the photosynthetic apparatus. Additionally, records of average monthly values of precipitation and air temperature were used to calculate a standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index. The normal climatic conditions of NW Patagonia region are characterized by water deficits during the spring-summer growing season, but the studied season presented lower values of standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index respect to the historical mean values, indicating drier than normal conditions. Analysis of the tissue water relations showed that, in all cases, competition had no effect over the different studied parameters. There were species-specific differences in the models fitted to the vulnerability to cavitation curves; as a whole, all the species differed from each other. Overall, for all the physiological response traits studied, the Site, Species, and Season factors were important predictors in the minimum adequate model. Although there is an effect of competition on the individual annual growth, that effect is not evidenced in physiological variables of punctual measurement. Our results suggest that the effect of summer drought cannot be modulated by density management. The productivity of the species of interest can be improved, but not their adaptability, at least to severe events such as the one of the year of study. EEA Bariloche Fil: Varela, Santiago Agustin. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Area Forestal. Grupo de Ecologia Forestal; Argentina Fil: Diez, Juan Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Area Forestal. Grupo de Ecologia Forestal; Argentina Fil: Letourneau, Federico Jorge. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Area Forestal. Grupo de Ecologia Forestal; Argentina Fil: Bianchi, Emilio. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Centro Interdisciplinario de Telecomunicaciones, Electrónica, Computación y Ciencia Aplicada; Argentina Fil: Weigandt, Mariana Noemi. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Area Forestal. Grupo de Ecologia Forestal; Argentina Fil: Weigandt, Mariana Noemi. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina Fil: Porté, A.J. Université de Bordeaux. INRAE. UMR BIOGECO; Francia Fil: Sergent, Anne Sophie. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Sergent, Anne Sophie. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Nacif, M.E. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Nacif, M.E. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural; Argentina Fil: Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Fernández, María Elena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Fernández, María Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Agencia de Extensión Rural Tandil; Argentina 2023-07-04T17:08:16Z 2023-07-04T17:08:16Z 2023-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14693 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112723002736 0378-1127 1872-7042 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121039 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E1-I514-001/2019-PE-E1-I514-001, Manejo de Bosques con Ganadería Integrada (MBGI) info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Forest Ecology and Management 541 : 121039. (August 2023)
spellingShingle Déficit Hídrico
Ecofisiología
Sostenibilidad
Formaciónes Boscosas
Ordenación Forestal Sostenible
Water Shortage
Ecophysiology
Sustainability
Woodlands
Sustainable Forest Management
Región Patagónica
Varela, Santiago Agustin
Diez, Juan Pablo
Letourneau, Federico Jorge
Bianchi, Emilio
Weigandt, Mariana Noemi
Porté, A.J.
Sergent, Anne Sophie
Nacif, Marcos E.
Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro
Fernandez, María Elena
Does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of North Patagonia?
title Does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of North Patagonia?
title_full Does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of North Patagonia?
title_fullStr Does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of North Patagonia?
title_full_unstemmed Does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of North Patagonia?
title_short Does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of North Patagonia?
title_sort does competition management improve the ecophysiological response to water shortage of mixed woodland species of north patagonia
topic Déficit Hídrico
Ecofisiología
Sostenibilidad
Formaciónes Boscosas
Ordenación Forestal Sostenible
Water Shortage
Ecophysiology
Sustainability
Woodlands
Sustainable Forest Management
Región Patagónica
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112723002736
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121039
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