000120192 001__ 120192 000120192 005__ 20240319081016.0 000120192 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/f13091396 000120192 0248_ $$2sideral$$a131197 000120192 037__ $$aART-2022-131197 000120192 041__ $$aeng 000120192 100__ $$aRoyo-Navascues, Maria$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000120192 245__ $$aThe Imprint of Droughts on Mediterranean Pine Forests 000120192 260__ $$c2022 000120192 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000120192 5203_ $$aTriggered by frequent high temperatures and scarce precipitation, droughts are a recurrent phenomenon in the Mediterranean Basin, causing significant impacts on forests. We analyzed the effects of drought intensity, duration, and seasonality on tree growth by investigating the relationship between the Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) at different time scales and tree-ring width (TRW) in three pine species (Pinus halepensis Mill., P. sylvestris L, and P. uncinata Ramond ex A.DC) throughout a dense dendrochronological network in the Mediterranean Basin. We used generalized linear mixed models to predict such values over the entire distribution of the analyzed species. Furthermore, in areas where the species coexist, we analyzed the same parameters to highlight differences in their responses to similar climatic conditions. Our results showed that the maximum intensity of drought-affected conifers occurred more in the southern areas of the Spanish Mediterranean coast, especially P. halepensis, with maximum values of r = 0.67, while in the rest of the study area, the intensity decreased with elevation; we obtained maximum values of r = 0.40 and r = 0.33 for P. sylvestris and P. uncinata, respectively. This spatial distribution was also related to the duration of the drought impacts, showing that areas with lower intensity had shorter durations (2–4 months). We observed a latitudinal pattern in the seasonality of the drought impacts, with earlier growing seasons at high elevations (June–August) and later ones in the semi-arid Mediterranean. Similar intensity impacts were found in P. halepensis and P. sylvestris coexistence zones, although P. halepensis had a much longer duration and an earlier beginning of seasonality. Higher intensity, duration, and seasonality of drought effects were observed for P. sylvestris in areas where P. sylvestris and P. uncinata are distributed sympatrically. Understanding the plasticity and climatic response of these common southern European species to different types of droughts is crucial in the context of climate change where droughts are increasing in frequency and intensity. 000120192 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000120192 590__ $$a2.9$$b2022 000120192 592__ $$a0.65$$b2022 000120192 591__ $$aFORESTRY$$b17 / 69 = 0.246$$c2022$$dQ1$$eT1 000120192 593__ $$aForestry$$c2022$$dQ1 000120192 594__ $$a4.5$$b2022 000120192 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000120192 700__ $$aMartínez del Castillo, Edurne 000120192 700__ $$aTejedor, Ernesto 000120192 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7663-1202$$aSerrano-Notivoli, Roberto 000120192 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9558-1308$$aLongares, Luis Alberto$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000120192 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8979-0253$$aSaz, Miguel Angel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000120192 700__ $$aNovak, Klemen 000120192 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7585-3636$$ade Luis, Martin$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000120192 7102_ $$13006$$2430$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.$$cÁrea Geografía Física 000120192 7102_ $$13006$$2010$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.$$cÁrea Análisis Geográfico Regi. 000120192 773__ $$g13, 9 (2022), 1396 [14 pp.]$$pForests$$tForests$$x1999-4907 000120192 8564_ $$s2250775$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/120192/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000120192 8564_ $$s2671659$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/120192/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000120192 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:120192$$particulos$$pdriver 000120192 951__ $$a2024-03-18-15:40:55 000120192 980__ $$aARTICLE