RT Journal Article
T1 Spatiotemporal variability of stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) growth  response to climate across the Iberian Peninsula
A1 Natalini, Fabio
A1 Alejano Monge, Reyes
A1 Vázquez Piqué, Javier
A1 Pardos, Marta
A1 Calama, Rafael
A1 Büntgen, Ulf
AB Climate warming and increasing aridity have impacted diverse ecosystems in the Mediterranean region since at least the 1970s. Pinus pinea L. has significant environmental and socio-economic importance for the Iberian Peninsula, so a detailed understanding of its response to climate change is necessary to predict its status under future climatic conditions. However, variability of climate and uncertainties in dendroclimatological approach complicate the understanding of forest growth dynamics. We use an ensemble approach to analyze growth-climate responses of P. pinea trees from five sites along a latitudinal gradient in Spain over time. The growth responses to April-June precipitation totals were stronger in the north than in the south. Since the 1950s, the sensitivity of growth to April-June precipitation increased in the north and decreased in the south. Meteorological drought usually started in May in the southern sites, but in June-July in the northern sites. The water deficit in the southern sites is thus greater and more limiting for tree growth, and this likely accounts for the lower growth sensitivity during these months. Our results indicate that P. pinea has a high degree of plasticity, suggesting the species will withstand changing climatic conditions. However, growth response to drought regimes varies among P. pinea populations, suggesting that different populations have different capacities for acclimation to warmer and drier climate, and this may influence future vegetation composition.
PB Elsevier
SN 1125-7865
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/12757
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/12757
LA eng
NO Natalini, F., Alejano Monge, R., Vázquez Piqué, J., Pardos, M., Calama, R., Büntgen, U.: "Spatiotemporal variability of stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) growth response to climate across the Iberian Peninsula".  	Dendrochronologia. Vol. 40, págs. 72-84, (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2016.07.001
NO Spanish Ministry of Econ omy and Competitiveness, European Union (FEDER funds), Spanish National Agriculture Research Institute (project ref: RTA2013-00011-C02-02), International Campus of Excellence for Environment, Biodiversity and Global Change (CeiCambio)
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jun 2026