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2018Journal Article Research Paper [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","2779"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","12"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Biogeography"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","2790"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","45"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Muffler, Lena"],["dc.contributor.author","Klisz, Marcin"],["dc.contributor.author","Kreyling, Juergen"],["dc.contributor.author","van der Maaten-Theunissen, Marieke"],["dc.contributor.author","Wilmking, Martin"],["dc.contributor.author","van der Maaten, Ernst"],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-08-20T07:00:16Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-08-20T07:00:16Z"],["dc.date.issued","2018"],["dc.description.abstract","Aim The dominant forest tree in Europe, European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), covers large areas of continental Europe and thus experiences diverse climatic conditions. In the face of predicted climate change and shifts of distribution ranges, it is important to understand the diverse climate–growth relationships towards distribution margins. Beech is generally reported to be sensitive to summer drought towards dry and continental regions; yet, few studies have investigated climate sensitivity towards the cold distribution margin of beech. We hypothesized that at colder sites (a) growth of beech is more sensitive to winter cold, (b) growth is less influenced by summer drought, and (c) stand‐wide growth reductions (negative pointer years) are related to extreme winter cold events. Taxon European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Location A large gradient of decreasing winter temperature (ΔT >4 K along 500 km) from Rostock (Germany) to Gdańsk (Poland). Methods We analysed climate–growth relationships and the nature of growth reductions of 11 beech stands from more central to cold marginal beech populations. Results Towards the cold marginal populations, growth became increasingly sensitive to winter cold (February temperature) and less sensitive to summer water availability (June precipitation). Likewise, negative pointer years coincided with winter cold anomalies at the colder sites and with summer drought anomalies at the warmer sites. Thus, over the studied gradient, the general sensitivity of beech to summer drought transitions into sensitivity to winter cold. Main conclusions A range shift of beech across the current cold distribution margin is often assumed to compensate for habitat and productivity losses of drought‐prone southern and central populations. With respect to the winter cold sensitivity found in our study, such assumptions should be taken with caution. Since winter cold events are predicted to persist with similar frequency and magnitude even during predicted climate warming, beech populations in the newly colonized habitat might be significantly sensitive to winter cold."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/jbi.13444"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/62387"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0305-0270"],["dc.title","Winter matters: Sensitivity to winter climate and cold events increases towards the cold distribution margin of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","no"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","unpublished"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]Details DOI2021Journal Article [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1583"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Global Ecology and Biogeography"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1596"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","30"],["dc.contributor.author","Muffler, Lena"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmeddes, Jonas"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Barbeta, Adrià"],["dc.contributor.author","Beil, Ilka"],["dc.contributor.author","Bolte, Andreas"],["dc.contributor.author","Buhk, Constanze"],["dc.contributor.author","Holm, Stefanie"],["dc.contributor.author","Klein, Geoffrey"],["dc.contributor.author","Klisz, Marcin"],["dc.contributor.author","Löf, Magnus"],["dc.contributor.author","Peñuelas, Josep"],["dc.contributor.author","Schneider, Léonard"],["dc.contributor.author","Vitasse, Yann"],["dc.contributor.author","Kreyling, Juergen"],["dc.contributor.editor","Lancaster, Lesley"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-07-05T14:57:42Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-07-05T14:57:42Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021"],["dc.description.abstract","Abstract Aim Distribution ranges of temperate tree species are shifting poleward and upslope into cooler environments due to global warming. Successful regeneration is crucial for population persistence and range expansion. Thus, we aimed to identify environmental variables that affect germination and seedling establishment of Europe's dominant forest tree, to compare the importance of plasticity and genetic variation for regeneration, and to evaluate the regeneration potential at and beyond the southern and northern distribution margins. Location Europe. Time period 2016–2018. Major taxa studied European beech (Fagus sylvatica (L.)). Methods We investigated how germination, establishment and juvenile survival change across a reciprocal transplantation experiment using over 9,000 seeds of beech from 7 populations from its southern to its northern distribution range margins. Results Germination and establishment at the seedling stage were highly plastic in response to environmental conditions. Germination success increased with warmer and declined with colder air temperature, whereas establishment and survival were hampered under warmer and drier conditions. Germination differed among populations and was positively influenced by seed weight. However, there was no evidence of local adaptation in any trait. Main conclusions The high plasticity in the early life‐history traits found irrespective of seed origin may allow for short‐term acclimatization. However, our results also indicate that this plasticity might not be sufficient to ensure the regeneration of beech in the future due to the low survival found under dry and hot conditions. The future climatic conditions in parts of the distribution centre and at the rear edge might thus become limiting for natural regeneration, as the likelihood of extreme heat and drought events will increase. By contrast, at the cold distribution margin, the high plasticity in the early life‐history traits may allow for increasing germination success with increasing temperatures and may thus facilitate natural regeneration in the future."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659"],["dc.description.sponsorship","Forest Research Institute in Poland"],["dc.description.sponsorship","European Research Council Synergy Grant"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/geb.13320"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/87710"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-441"],["dc.relation.eissn","1466-8238"],["dc.relation.issn","1466-822X"],["dc.rights","This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited."],["dc.title","High plasticity in germination and establishment success in the dominant forest tree Fagus sylvatica across Europe"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]Details DOI2022Journal Article Research Paper [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","830977"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Frontiers in Forests and Global Change"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","5"],["dc.contributor.affiliation","Bat-Enerel, Banzragch; Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany"],["dc.contributor.affiliation","Weigel, Robert; Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany"],["dc.contributor.affiliation","Leuschner, Christoph; Plant Ecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany"],["dc.contributor.author","Bat-Enerel, Banzragch"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-07-01T07:35:29Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-07-01T07:35:29Z"],["dc.date.issued","2022"],["dc.date.updated","2022-09-04T10:39:04Z"],["dc.description.abstract","Recent severe droughts and climate change projections have caused rising worries about the impacts of a warmer and drier climate on forests and the future of timber production. While recent trends in thermal and hydrometeorological climate factors have been studied in many regions on earth, less is known about long-term change in climate variables most relevant for tree health and productivity, i.e., temperature (T), precipitation (P), climatic water balance (CWB), and SPEI aridity index in early and mid-summer, when leaf unfolding and peak stem growth take place. Here, we analyze T, P, CWB, and SPEI trends separately for all growing season months (April-September) during the 1948–1982 (before the recent warming) and 1983–2017 periods (after the onset of warming) in their spatial variation across the North German Lowlands based on a dense climate station network. While trends in thermal and hydrometeorological variables were weak from 1948 to 1982, we find a significant decrease in April precipitation and increase in July precipitation from 1983 to 2017 throughout much of the study region, while June precipitation has decreased locally by 10 mm or more (or up to 20%). The cumulated growing-season CWB has deteriorated by up to 30 mm from 1948–1982 to 1983–2017 in most of the region except at the North Sea coast, where it became more favorable. Recent climate aridification is more pronounced in the drier South-east of the study region with a more continental climate, as indicated by stronger negative P, CWB, and SPEI trends for April, May, and June. We conclude that water availability especially in the physiologically important months April and June has deteriorated in the larger part of the North German Lowlands since the 1980s, increasingly impairing hydrometeorological forest growth conditions. The identified trends may serve as early-warning signals of anticipated future loss in tree vitality."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2022"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/ffgc.2022.830977"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/112182"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-581"],["dc.relation.eissn","2624-893X"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"],["dc.title","Changes in the Thermal and Hydrometeorological Forest Growth Climate During 1948–2017 in Northern Germany"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]Details DOI2021-07-15Journal Article Research Paper [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","47"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Forest Ecosystems"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","8"],["dc.contributor.author","Diers, Marco"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Culmsee, Heike"],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-11-25T11:25:18Z"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-08-16T13:12:25Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-11-25T11:25:18Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-08-16T13:12:25Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021-07-15"],["dc.date.updated","2022-07-29T12:18:48Z"],["dc.description.abstract","Background\r\n Organic carbon stored in forest soils (SOC) represents an important element of the global C cycle. It is thought that the C storage capacity of the stable pool can be enhanced by increasing forest productivity, but empirical evidence in support of this assumption from forests differing in tree species and productivity, while stocking on similar substrate, is scarce.\r\n \r\n \r\n Methods\r\n We determined the stocks of SOC and macro-nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, potassium and magnesium) in nine paired European beech/Scots pine stands on similar Pleistocene sandy substrates across a precipitation gradient (560–820 mm∙yr− 1) in northern Germany and explored the influence of tree species, forest history, climate, and soil pH on SOC and nutrient pools.\r\n \r\n \r\n Results\r\n While the organic layer stored on average about 80% more C under pine than beech, the pools of SOC and total N in the total profile (organic layer plus mineral soil measured to 60 cm and extrapolated to 100 cm) were greater under pine by about 40% and 20%, respectively. This contrasts with a higher annual production of foliar litter and a much higher fine root biomass in beech stands, indicating that soil C sequestration is unrelated to the production of leaf litter and fine roots in these stands on Pleistocene sandy soils. The pools of available P and basic cations tended to be higher under beech. Neither precipitation nor temperature influenced the SOC pool, whereas tree species was a key driver. An extended data set (which included additional pine stands established more recently on former agricultural soil) revealed that, besides tree species identity, forest continuity is an important factor determining the SOC and nutrient pools of these stands.\r\n \r\n \r\n Conclusion\r\n We conclude that tree species identity can exert a considerable influence on the stocks of SOC and macronutrients, which may be unrelated to productivity but closely linked to species-specific forest management histories, thus masking weaker climate and soil chemistry effects on pool sizes."],["dc.identifier.citation","Forest Ecosystems. 2021 Jul 15;8(1):47"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1186/s40663-021-00330-y"],["dc.identifier.pii","330"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/93555"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/112770"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-448"],["dc.relation.eissn","2197-5620"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Abteilung Ökologie & Ökosystemforschung"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Zentrum für Biodiversität und Nachhaltige Landnutzung"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.holder","The Author(s)"],["dc.subject","Basic cations"],["dc.subject","Fagus sylvatica"],["dc.subject","Forest history"],["dc.subject","Nitrogen"],["dc.subject","Paired plots"],["dc.subject","Pinus sylvestris"],["dc.subject","Productivity effect"],["dc.subject","Soil organic carbon"],["dc.subject","Tree species effect"],["dc.title","Soil carbon and nutrient stocks under Scots pine plantations in comparison to European beech forests: a paired-plot study across forests with different management history and precipitation regimes"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]Details DOI2021-10-15Journal Article [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","89"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Annals of Forest Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","78"],["dc.contributor.author","Kasper, Jan"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Walentowski, Helge"],["dc.contributor.author","Gröning, Anja"],["dc.contributor.author","Petritan, Any M."],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-12-01T09:23:29Z"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-08-18T12:39:50Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-12-01T09:23:29Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-08-18T12:39:50Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021-10-15"],["dc.date.updated","2022-07-29T12:18:10Z"],["dc.description.abstract","Abstract\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n Key message\r\n \r\n Climate-warming related replacement of beech by oak forests in the course of natural forest succession or silvicultural decisions may considerably reduce ecosystem carbon storage of central European woodlands.\r\n \r\n \r\n Context\r\n Climate warming may change the carbon (C) storage in forest biomass and soil through future shifts in tree species composition. With a projected warming by 2–3 K over the twenty-first century, silvicultural adaptation measures and natural succession might lead to the replacement of European beech forests by thermophilic oak forests in drought- and heat-affected regions of central and south-eastern Europe, but the consequences for ecosystem C storage of this species shift are not clear.\r\n \r\n \r\n Aims\r\n To quantify the change in C storage in biomass and soil with a shift from beech (Fagus sylvatica) to oak forest (Quercus petraea, Q. frainetto, Q. cerris), we measured the aboveground biomass (AGC) and soil C pools (SOC).\r\n \r\n \r\n Methods\r\n AGC pools and SOC stocks to − 100 cm depth were calculated from forest inventory and volume-related SOC content data for beech, mixed beech-oak and oak forests in three transects in the natural beech-oak ecotone of western Romania, where beech occurs at its heat- and drought-induced distribution limit.\r\n \r\n \r\n Results\r\n From the cooler, more humid beech forests to the warmer, more xeric oak forests, which are 1–2 K warmer, AGC and SOC pools decreased by about 22% (40 Mg C ha−1) and 20% (17 Mg C ha−1), respectively. The likely main drivers are indirect temperature effects acting through tree species and management in the case of AGC, but direct temperature effects for SOC.\r\n \r\n \r\n Conclusion\r\n If drought- and heat-affected beech forests in Central Europe are replaced by thermophilic oak forests in future, this will lead to carbon losses of ~ 50–60 Mg ha−1, thus reducing ecosystem carbon storage substantially."],["dc.identifier.citation","Annals of Forest Science. 2021 Oct 15;78(4):89"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s13595-021-01081-0"],["dc.identifier.pii","1081"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/94667"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/112974"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-478"],["dc.publisher","Springer Paris"],["dc.relation.eissn","1297-966X"],["dc.relation.haserratum","/handle/2/105896"],["dc.relation.issn","1286-4560"],["dc.rights.holder","The Author(s)"],["dc.subject","Beech-oak ecotone"],["dc.subject","Climate turning point"],["dc.subject","Fagus sylvatica"],["dc.subject","Quercus petraea"],["dc.subject","Above ground carbon"],["dc.subject","Soil carbon"],["dc.subject","Soil nutrient pools"],["dc.title","Climate warming-induced replacement of mesic beech by thermophilic oak forests will reduce the carbon storage potential in aboveground biomass and soil"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]Details DOI2020Journal Article [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1910"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","9"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Biogeography"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1921"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","47"],["dc.contributor.author","Muffler, Lena"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Hacket‐Pain, Andrew J."],["dc.contributor.author","Klisz, Marcin"],["dc.contributor.author","Wilmking, Martin"],["dc.contributor.author","Kreyling, Juergen"],["dc.contributor.author","van der Maaten, Ernst"],["dc.contributor.author","van der Maaten‐Theunissen, Marieke"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-04-14T08:25:25Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-04-14T08:25:25Z"],["dc.date.issued","2020"],["dc.description.abstract","Abstract Aim Climate limits the potential distribution ranges of species. Establishment and growth of individuals at range margins is assumed to be more limited by extreme events such as drought or frost events than in the centre of their range. We explore whether the growth of beech is more sensitive to drought towards the dry distribution margin and more sensitive to frost towards the cold distribution margin. Furthermore, we aim to gain insight into the adaptive potential of beech towards both the dry and cold distribution margins. Location European gradient from the dry (Spain) to the cold (Poland, Sweden) distribution margin of beech. Taxon European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.). Methods We applied a range‐wide dendroecological study to analyse spatial and temporal trends in climate–growth relationships. We further investigated negative growth anomalies and growth synchrony towards the range margins. Results We found beech to be drought sensitive across its whole range, except at the dry distribution margin. Furthermore, sensitivity to winter temperature was not found in the centre or at the cold distribution margin, but at the southern distribution margin. Growth synchrony was lower at the dry than at the cold distribution margin. Main conclusions Beech seems to be adapted to drought at the dry distribution margin with a high adaptive potential indicated by the lowest growth synchrony along the gradient. At the cold distribution margin, cold events in winter and spring were less important for growth than drought. Still, the importance of spring frost for beech growth appears to increase in recent decades. Considering a projected north‐eastward shift of the distribution range, beech is likely facing drought stress in combination with spring frost risk at the cold margin which could lead to a hampered range expansion."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659"],["dc.description.sponsorship","Forest Research Institute in Poland"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/jbi.13884"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/81622"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-399"],["dc.relation.eissn","1365-2699"],["dc.relation.issn","0305-0270"],["dc.rights","This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited."],["dc.title","Lowest drought sensitivity and decreasing growth synchrony towards the dry distribution margin of European beech"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]Details DOI2022-03-17Journal Article Erratum [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Annals of Forest Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","79"],["dc.contributor.author","Kasper, Jan"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Walentowski, Helge"],["dc.contributor.author","Gröning, Anja"],["dc.contributor.author","Petritan, Any M."],["dc.contributor.author","Leuschner, Christoph"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-04-01T10:02:23Z"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-08-18T12:40:15Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-04-01T10:02:23Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-08-18T12:40:15Z"],["dc.date.issued","2022-03-17"],["dc.date.updated","2022-07-29T12:18:11Z"],["dc.identifier.citation","Annals of Forest Science. 2022 Mar 17;79(1):8"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1186/s13595-022-01133-z"],["dc.identifier.pii","1133"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/105896"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/112979"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-530"],["dc.publisher","Springer Paris"],["dc.relation.eissn","1297-966X"],["dc.relation.iserratumof","/handle/2/94667"],["dc.relation.issn","1286-4560"],["dc.rights.holder","The Author(s)"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","Correction to: Climate warming-induced replacement of mesic beech by thermophilic oak forests will reduce the carbon storage potential in aboveground biomass and soil"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","erratum_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]Details DOI2019Journal Article [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","746"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Vegetation Science"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","755"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","30"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Gilles, Jennifer"],["dc.contributor.author","Klisz, Marcin"],["dc.contributor.author","Manthey, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Kreyling, Juergen"],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-08-20T06:53:47Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-08-20T06:53:47Z"],["dc.date.issued","2019"],["dc.description.abstract","Question It is debated whether forest understory communities will be sensitive to projected climate change or inert due to the regulating effect of local site conditions and soil parameters. A distinction between the relative importance of climate or soil is often hardly possible because both factors usually change at different spatial scales in forests. Here, we compare the relative influence of climate and soil on the forest understory vegetation in lowland beech forest ecosystems (Fagus sylvatica), which were selected for their ecological homogeneity. Location Nine sites along a strong temperature gradient (ΔT = 4 K from east to west in winter, south to north in summer) between Rostock (Germany) and Gdańsk (Poland) in a Baltic Quaternary ground moraine landscape. Methods We conducted a vegetation survey in 55 vegetation plots (80 m2 each) across nine forest sites mono‐dominated by European beech and analysed how much variation in understory plant composition is explained by climate and soil parameters. Results Soil explained 32% of the compositional variation of understory vegetation across sites, climate 22%, and their interaction 14%. Topsoil pH, subsoil organic matter content, and subsoil C/N ratio were the most important soil variables; growing season temperature and annual water availability were the most important climatic variables. Conclusion The strong dependence on soil properties could moderate the response of the forest understory vegetation to projected climate change. Forest soil properties, however, also depend on the dominant tree species and the macroclimate. To predict climate change impacts on forest understory vegetation, climate change assessments should consider indirect climate change effects as well as interactions between climate and soil."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/jvs.12759"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/62385"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","1100-9233"],["dc.relation.issn","1654-1103"],["dc.title","Forest understory vegetation is more related to soil than to climate towards the cold distribution margin of European beech"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]Details DOI