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We are FiDBosc, the Forest Functioning & Dynamics research group at the Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC-CEMFOR). We study the response of Mediterranean mountain forests to environmental changes from a multi-scale perspective. Welcome to our website!

Yellow birch germination on nurse logs: species matters!

27/10/2015

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PictureYellow birch seedlings. Photo: J-B Lambert
Some tree species - especially those with small seeds - cannot germinate on leaf litter and need high-porosity seedbeds. This is the case of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), a species that requires mineral soil or deadwood to germinate. However, very little is known about how seedbed affects plant performance along light gradients, and even more, about how the characteristics of the deadwood (species, decay class) can affect its germination.

A study recently published, in which FiDBosc participates, tries to answer these questions. The leading author, Jean-Bastien Lambert (UQAM, Canada) sampled more than 1,000 yellow birch juveniles in hardwood forests of southern Quebec, recorded the substrate in which they were growing, and measured their height, growth, morphology, light availability and several other physiological variables.


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Santiago Martin, nuevo doctor en FiDBosc!

5/10/2015

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El pasado 21 de septiembre, Santiago Martín defendió en el CTFC su tesis doctoral, titulada "Diversificación de pinares submediterráneos por especies arbóreas: factores, consecuencias y opciones de gestión".

Los resultados de la tesis confirman que los pinares submediterráneos están experimentando actualmente un proceso generalizado de diversificación espontánea por especies frondosas (sobre todo robles). El estudio muestra sin embargo que los niveles de espesura de las cubiertas arbórea y arbustiva dificultan el crecimiento de los robles establecidos hacia estadios de desarrollo más avanzados.

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