Tree species traits but not diversity mitigate stem breakage in a subtropical forest following a rare and extreme ice storm
Future climates are likely to include extreme events, which in turn have great impacts on ecological systems. In this study, we investigated possible effects that could mitigate stem breakage caused by a rare and extreme ice storm in a Chinese subtropical forest across a gradient of forest diversity. We used Bayesian modeling to correct stem breakage for tree size and variance components analysis to quantify the influence of taxon, leaf and wood functional traits, and stand level properties on the probability of stem breakage. We show that the taxon explained four times more variance in individual stem breakage than did stand level properties; trees with higher specific leaf area (SLA) were less susceptible to breakage. However, a large part of the variation at the taxon scale remained unexplained, implying that unmeasured or undefined traits could be used to predict damage caused by ice storms. When aggregated at the plot level, functional diversity and wood density increased after the ice storm. We suggest that for the adaption of forest management to climate change, much can still be learned from looking at functional traits at the taxon level.
2010-03-16 23:00:00 UTC
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SP10e Biodiversity signature in coarse woody detritus dynamics
Karin Nadrowski
nadrowski@uni-leipzig.de
Teng Fang
fangtenggts@126.com
Bernhard Schmid, Prof.
bernhard.schmid@ieu.uzh.ch
Christian Wirth
cwirth@uni-leipzig.de
Goddert von Oheimb
Goddert_v_Oheimb@tu-dresden.de
Anja Kahl
anja.fankhaenel@uni-leipzig.de
Helge Bruelheide, Prof.
helge.bruelheide@botanik.uni-halle.de
Katherina Pietsch
kpietsch@uni-leipzig.de
Martin Böhnke
martin.boehnke@botanik.uni-halle.de
Martin Baruffol
martin.baruffol@gmail.com
CSPs: Wood density of tree species in the CSPs
main
false
Martin Böhnke
martin.boehnke@botanik.uni-halle.de
David Eichenberg, Dr.
david.eichenberg@uni-leipzig.de
Helge Bruelheide, Prof.
helge.bruelheide@botanik.uni-halle.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/123/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/123/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: Coarse woody debris (CWD). Collection of data on dead wood with special regard to the 2008 ice storm
main
true
Goddert von Oheimb
Goddert_v_Oheimb@tu-dresden.de
Karin Nadrowski
nadrowski@uni-leipzig.de
Christian Wirth
cwirth@uni-leipzig.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/204/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/204/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: Leaf traits and chemicals from individual trees in the CSPs
main
false
Martin Böhnke
martin.boehnke@botanik.uni-halle.de
David Eichenberg, Dr.
david.eichenberg@uni-leipzig.de
Helge Bruelheide, Prof.
helge.bruelheide@botanik.uni-halle.de
Wenzel Kröber
noreply@uni.halle.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/212/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/212/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: Comparative study plot (CSP) information to be shared with all BEF-China scientists
main
false
Helge Bruelheide, Prof.
helge.bruelheide@botanik.uni-halle.de
Karin Nadrowski
nadrowski@uni-leipzig.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/205/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/205/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: Phylogenetic alpha diversity of the comparative study plots
main
false
Stefan Michalski
stefan.michalski@ufz.de
Oliver Purschke
oliver.purschke@idiv.de
Walter Durka
walter.durka@ufz.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/225/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/225/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: Xylem traits of tree species in the CSPs
main
false
Martin Böhnke
martin.boehnke@botanik.uni-halle.de
David Eichenberg, Dr.
david.eichenberg@uni-leipzig.de
Helge Bruelheide, Prof.
helge.bruelheide@botanik.uni-halle.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/124/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/124/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
General: Tree and Shrub species names reference list for BEF China
side
false
Helge Bruelheide, Prof.
helge.bruelheide@botanik.uni-halle.de
Erik Welk
erik.welk@botanik.uni-halle.de
Karin Nadrowski
nadrowski@uni-leipzig.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/13/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/13/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: living or killed trees after the 2008 ice storm
main
false
Karin Nadrowski
nadrowski@uni-leipzig.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/239/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/239/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: Tree size in the CSPs in 2008 and 2009
main
false
Martin Baruffol
martin.baruffol@gmail.com
Bernhard Schmid, Prof.
bernhard.schmid@ieu.uzh.ch
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/162/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/162/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: Plant climatic niche traits related to extreme precipitation (ice storm)
main
false
Erik Welk
erik.welk@botanik.uni-halle.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/269/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/269/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
CSPs: Phylogenetic tree of woody species in the Gutianshan National Reserve
main
false
Stefan Michalski
stefan.michalski@ufz.de
Walter Durka
walter.durka@ufz.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/240/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/240/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
Nadrowski, K., Pietsch, K., Baruffol, M., Both, S., Gutknecht, J., Bruelheide, H., ... & Wirth, C. (2014). Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm. PloS one, 9(5), e96022.
2014-05-30
accepted