Role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: the sensitivity of ecotones
The world's forests are being affected by a changing climate. Recently, patches of dead trees have been found in forests of the Patagonian endemic species Nothofagus pumilio, which could not be related to insects or pathogenic fungi acting as primary agents. This study aimed to analyze environmental...
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| author | Tarabini, Manuela Gomez, Federico Antonio Calderón, Miguel Ángel La Manna, Ludmila |
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| description | The world's forests are being affected by a changing climate. Recently, patches of dead trees have been found in forests of the Patagonian endemic species Nothofagus pumilio, which could not be related to insects or pathogenic fungi acting as primary agents. This study aimed to analyze environmental variables associated with N. pumilio mortality at a landscape scale. Dead patches were recorded from satellite image analysis and field trips throughout the distribution of N. pumilio forests in Chubut province (Argentina). The relation between forest mortality and environmental variables, including elevation, slope, aspect, recent volcanic ash deposits, precipitation, and temperature, was analyzed by contingency tables and chi-square analysis, and a risk model was developed using the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) algorithm. One hundred and seven dead patches were recorded only in the northern region of the study area (ca. −42.5°S to −44.5°S), where forests develop at higher elevations, slopes, precipitations, and temperatures than in the southern region. In the northern region, elevation, followed by precipitation, was the environmental variable most related to forest mortality. Nothofagus pumilio mortality was related to two ecotones: an altitudinal one, associated with middle-high mountainsides (1200 and 1400 m asl), and a longitudinal one, associated with intermediate values of mean annual precipitation within the west-east rainfall gradient. These results highlight the sensitivity of these transitional environments. According to the risk model based on abiotic features, more than 100,000 ha of forest (ca. 30%) are located under environmental variables favorable for decline and death. In the context of climate change and in the light of the results, abiotic factors seem to be the main predisposing factors of N. pumilio mortality. |
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| spelling | INTA93242021-05-11T13:37:20Z Role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: the sensitivity of ecotones Tarabini, Manuela Gomez, Federico Antonio Calderón, Miguel Ángel La Manna, Ludmila Forest Decline Climate Change Risk Deadwood Marchitez del Bosque Cambio Climático Riesgo Madera Muerta Nothofagus pumilio Región Patagónica The world's forests are being affected by a changing climate. Recently, patches of dead trees have been found in forests of the Patagonian endemic species Nothofagus pumilio, which could not be related to insects or pathogenic fungi acting as primary agents. This study aimed to analyze environmental variables associated with N. pumilio mortality at a landscape scale. Dead patches were recorded from satellite image analysis and field trips throughout the distribution of N. pumilio forests in Chubut province (Argentina). The relation between forest mortality and environmental variables, including elevation, slope, aspect, recent volcanic ash deposits, precipitation, and temperature, was analyzed by contingency tables and chi-square analysis, and a risk model was developed using the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) algorithm. One hundred and seven dead patches were recorded only in the northern region of the study area (ca. −42.5°S to −44.5°S), where forests develop at higher elevations, slopes, precipitations, and temperatures than in the southern region. In the northern region, elevation, followed by precipitation, was the environmental variable most related to forest mortality. Nothofagus pumilio mortality was related to two ecotones: an altitudinal one, associated with middle-high mountainsides (1200 and 1400 m asl), and a longitudinal one, associated with intermediate values of mean annual precipitation within the west-east rainfall gradient. These results highlight the sensitivity of these transitional environments. According to the risk model based on abiotic features, more than 100,000 ha of forest (ca. 30%) are located under environmental variables favorable for decline and death. In the context of climate change and in the light of the results, abiotic factors seem to be the main predisposing factors of N. pumilio mortality. EEA Esquel Fil: Tarabini, Manuela. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco. Facultad de Ingeniería. Centro de Estudios Ambientales Integrados; Argentina Fil: Tarabini, Manuela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Tarabini, Manuela. Provincia de Chubut. Secretaria de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva; Argentina Fil: Gómez, Federico Antonio. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco. Facultad de Ingeniería. Centro de Estudios Ambientales Integrados; Argentina Fil: Gómez, Federico Antonio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agroforestal Esquel; Argentina Fil: Gómez, Federico Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Gómez, Federico Antonio. Provincia de Chubut. Secretaria de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva; Argentina Fil: Calderón, Miguel Ángel. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco. Facultad de Ingeniería. Centro de Estudios Ambientales Integrados; Argentina Fil: La Manna, Ludmila. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco. Facultad de Ingeniería. Centro de Estudios Ambientales Integrados; Argentina Fil: La Manna, Ludmila. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina 2021-05-11T13:24:14Z 2021-05-11T13:24:14Z 2021-04-24 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9324 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112721004047 0378-1127 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119316 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Forest ecology and management 494 : 119316. (August 2021) |
| spellingShingle | Forest Decline Climate Change Risk Deadwood Marchitez del Bosque Cambio Climático Riesgo Madera Muerta Nothofagus pumilio Región Patagónica Tarabini, Manuela Gomez, Federico Antonio Calderón, Miguel Ángel La Manna, Ludmila Role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: the sensitivity of ecotones |
| title | Role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: the sensitivity of ecotones |
| title_full | Role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: the sensitivity of ecotones |
| title_fullStr | Role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: the sensitivity of ecotones |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: the sensitivity of ecotones |
| title_short | Role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality: the sensitivity of ecotones |
| title_sort | role of abiotic factors in nothofagus pumilio forest mortality the sensitivity of ecotones |
| topic | Forest Decline Climate Change Risk Deadwood Marchitez del Bosque Cambio Climático Riesgo Madera Muerta Nothofagus pumilio Región Patagónica |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9324 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112721004047 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119316 |
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