000109490 001__ 109490 000109490 005__ 20230519145503.0 000109490 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/f12070818 000109490 0248_ $$2sideral$$a125683 000109490 037__ $$aART-2021-125683 000109490 041__ $$aeng 000109490 100__ $$aRoyo-Navascues, Maria$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000109490 245__ $$aWhen Density Matters: The Spatial Balance between Early and Latewood 000109490 260__ $$c2021 000109490 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000109490 5203_ $$aUnderstanding the influence of the current climate on the distribution, composition, and carbon storage capacity of Mediterranean tree species is key to determining future pathways under a warmer and drier climate scenario. Here, we evaluated the influence of biotic and environmental factors on earlywood (EW) and latewood (LW) growth in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.). Our investigation was based on a dense dendrochronological network (71 sites), which covered the entire distribution area of the species in the Iberian Peninsula (around 119.652 km2), and a high-resolution climate dataset of the Western Mediterranean area. We used generalized linear-mixed models to determine the spatial and temporal variations of EW and LW across the species distribution. Our results showed an intense but differentiated climatic influence on both EW and LW growth components. The climatic influence explained significant variations across the environmental gradients in the study area, which suggested an important adaptation through phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation to varying climatic conditions. In addition, we detected a clear spatial trade-off between efficiency and safety strategy in the growth patterns across the species distribution. Additionally, in more productive areas, the trees presented a higher proportion of EW (more efficient to water transport), while, in more xeric conditions, the LW proportion increased (more safety to avoid embolisms), implying an adaptation to more frequent drought episodes and a higher capacity of carbon depletion. We therefore concluded that Mediterranean forests adapted to dryer conditions might be more efficient as carbon reservoirs than forests growing in wetter areas. Finally, we advocated for the need to consider wood density (EW/LW proportion) when modeling current and future forest carbon sequestrations. 000109490 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000109490 590__ $$a3.282$$b2021 000109490 592__ $$a0.623$$b2021 000109490 594__ $$a4.0$$b2021 000109490 591__ $$aFORESTRY$$b14 / 70 = 0.2$$c2021$$dQ1$$eT1 000109490 593__ $$aForestry$$c2021$$dQ1 000109490 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000109490 700__ $$aMartinez del Castillo, Edurne 000109490 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7663-1202$$aSerrano-Notivoli, Roberto 000109490 700__ $$aTejedor, Ernesto 000109490 700__ $$aNovak, Klemen 000109490 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9558-1308$$aLongares, Luis Alberto$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000109490 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8979-0253$$aSaz, Miguel Angel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000109490 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7585-3636$$ade Luis, Martin$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000109490 7102_ $$13006$$2430$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.$$cÁrea Geografía Física 000109490 7102_ $$13006$$2010$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.$$cÁrea Análisis Geográfico Regi. 000109490 773__ $$g12, 7 (2021), 12070818 [17 pp.]$$pForests$$tForests$$x1999-4907 000109490 8564_ $$s3816312$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109490/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000109490 8564_ $$s2728639$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109490/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000109490 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:109490$$particulos$$pdriver 000109490 951__ $$a2023-05-18-15:02:42 000109490 980__ $$aARTICLE