Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia

Natural regeneration is a key process to sustain structure, function, and composition in harvested forests over time. Variable retention harvesting system is a strategy that maintains a high level of heterogeneity in managed stands for multiple ecosystem services, which provides different micro-envi...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián, Cellini, Juan Manuel, Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro, Lencinas, María Vanessa, Chaves, Jimena Elizabeth, Aravena Acuña, Marie Claire, Peri, Pablo Luis, Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16029
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112723004553
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121221
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author Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián
Cellini, Juan Manuel
Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Chaves, Jimena Elizabeth
Aravena Acuña, Marie Claire
Peri, Pablo Luis
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
author_browse Aravena Acuña, Marie Claire
Cellini, Juan Manuel
Chaves, Jimena Elizabeth
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
Peri, Pablo Luis
Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián
Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro
author_facet Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián
Cellini, Juan Manuel
Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Chaves, Jimena Elizabeth
Aravena Acuña, Marie Claire
Peri, Pablo Luis
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
author_sort Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián
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description Natural regeneration is a key process to sustain structure, function, and composition in harvested forests over time. Variable retention harvesting system is a strategy that maintains a high level of heterogeneity in managed stands for multiple ecosystem services, which provides different micro-environmental conditions for natural regeneration that respond differently according to climate variations. The objective was to determine the influence of remnant over story on the dynamics of Nothofagus pumilio natural regeneration in forests managed under variable retention in the medium term (0 to 16 years-after-harvesting, YAH) and its interaction with climate variables. Recruitment period, survival, seedling bank of pre- and post-harvesting periods, regeneration age and heights were determined at permanent plots under three different harvested forest conditions (1: AR = aggregated retention, 2: DRI = dispersed retention under the influence of AR, 3: DR = dispersed retention without influence of AR) and one primary forests (PF) as a control (4 treatments × 6 replicates × 3 areas × 16 YAH). Height growth rates were associated to combined occurrence of hemispheric modes (ENSO and SAM) that influence over climate variations. Results showed different regeneration dynamics according to remnant forest over story: (i) a recruitment stage occurred during the first 4 YAH; (ii) 67,000 and 33,000 individuals ha− 1 for DRI and DR established respectively, with 15,000 individuals ha− 1 higher than 130 cm height at 16 YAH; (iii) equal density proportion of pre- and post- harvesting saplings between treatments (DRI and DR); (iv) significant differences in regeneration heights among treatments from 3 to 16 YAH, which were higher at DRI and DR, reaching to 130 cm height at 16 ± 1 years of age. Saplings height growth reacted favourably to higher mean temperatures associated with positive SAM and ENSO. These results reflect a successful and resilient natural regeneration process for N. pumilio where variable retention system to obtain timber products is below the thresholds of no-return, reacting differently according to climatic drivers by the presence of different structures of remnant over story. This provides useful information for forest management practices in the medium term, where the maintenance of stand heterogeneity (e.g., different types of over story retention) ensures successful and resilient regeneration to recover the stand original structure within a context of climate change.
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spelling INTA160292023-11-28T10:49:25Z Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián Cellini, Juan Manuel Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro Lencinas, María Vanessa Chaves, Jimena Elizabeth Aravena Acuña, Marie Claire Peri, Pablo Luis Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José Primary Forests Harvesting Regeneration Climate Change Bosques Primarios Cosecha Regeneración Nothofagus pumilio Cambio Climático Variable Retention Recruitment Height Growth Retención Variable Reclutamiento Crecimiento en Altura Región Patagónica Bosques Nativos Natural regeneration is a key process to sustain structure, function, and composition in harvested forests over time. Variable retention harvesting system is a strategy that maintains a high level of heterogeneity in managed stands for multiple ecosystem services, which provides different micro-environmental conditions for natural regeneration that respond differently according to climate variations. The objective was to determine the influence of remnant over story on the dynamics of Nothofagus pumilio natural regeneration in forests managed under variable retention in the medium term (0 to 16 years-after-harvesting, YAH) and its interaction with climate variables. Recruitment period, survival, seedling bank of pre- and post-harvesting periods, regeneration age and heights were determined at permanent plots under three different harvested forest conditions (1: AR = aggregated retention, 2: DRI = dispersed retention under the influence of AR, 3: DR = dispersed retention without influence of AR) and one primary forests (PF) as a control (4 treatments × 6 replicates × 3 areas × 16 YAH). Height growth rates were associated to combined occurrence of hemispheric modes (ENSO and SAM) that influence over climate variations. Results showed different regeneration dynamics according to remnant forest over story: (i) a recruitment stage occurred during the first 4 YAH; (ii) 67,000 and 33,000 individuals ha− 1 for DRI and DR established respectively, with 15,000 individuals ha− 1 higher than 130 cm height at 16 YAH; (iii) equal density proportion of pre- and post- harvesting saplings between treatments (DRI and DR); (iv) significant differences in regeneration heights among treatments from 3 to 16 YAH, which were higher at DRI and DR, reaching to 130 cm height at 16 ± 1 years of age. Saplings height growth reacted favourably to higher mean temperatures associated with positive SAM and ENSO. These results reflect a successful and resilient natural regeneration process for N. pumilio where variable retention system to obtain timber products is below the thresholds of no-return, reacting differently according to climatic drivers by the presence of different structures of remnant over story. This provides useful information for forest management practices in the medium term, where the maintenance of stand heterogeneity (e.g., different types of over story retention) ensures successful and resilient regeneration to recover the stand original structure within a context of climate change. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. Fil: Cellini, Juan Manuel. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Maderas; Argentina. Fil: Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA); Argentina. Fil: Lencinas, María Vanessa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. Fil: Chaves, Jimena Elizabeth. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. Fil: Aravena Acuña, Marie Claire. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC). Laboratorio de Recursos Agroforestales; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA); Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC); Argentina. 2023-11-28T10:41:15Z 2023-11-28T10:41:15Z 2023-09-15 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16029 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112723004553 Rodríguez-Souilla J.; Cellini J.M.; Roig F.A.; Lencinas M.V.; Chaves J.E.; Aravena Acuña M.C.; Peri P.L.; Martínez Pastur G. (2023) Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia. Forest Ecology and Management 544: 121221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121221 0378-1127 1872-7042 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121221 eng 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 544 : 121221. (September 2023)
spellingShingle Primary Forests
Harvesting
Regeneration
Climate Change
Bosques Primarios
Cosecha
Regeneración
Nothofagus pumilio
Cambio Climático
Variable Retention
Recruitment
Height Growth
Retención Variable
Reclutamiento
Crecimiento en Altura
Región Patagónica
Bosques Nativos
Rodríguez‑Souilla, Julián
Cellini, Juan Manuel
Roig Junent, Fidel Alejandro
Lencinas, María Vanessa
Chaves, Jimena Elizabeth
Aravena Acuña, Marie Claire
Peri, Pablo Luis
Martínez Pastur, Guillermo José
Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia
title Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia
title_full Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia
title_fullStr Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia
title_full_unstemmed Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia
title_short Variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Southern Patagonia
title_sort variable retention harvesting and climate variations influence over natural regeneration dynamics in nothofagus pumilio forests of southern patagonia
topic Primary Forests
Harvesting
Regeneration
Climate Change
Bosques Primarios
Cosecha
Regeneración
Nothofagus pumilio
Cambio Climático
Variable Retention
Recruitment
Height Growth
Retención Variable
Reclutamiento
Crecimiento en Altura
Región Patagónica
Bosques Nativos
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16029
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112723004553
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121221
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