European beech plays a prominent role in the adaptation of European forests to and mitigation of climate change. Forest management may increase the mitigation potential of beech forests by accelerating carbon accumulation in tree biomass, but little is known about the interaction between the rate of biomass expansion in beech and its sensitivity to climate variation or its resistance to extreme drought episodes. A 60-year thinning experiment in beech forests in Central Europe was used to generate tree-ring width series describing past radial growth of dominant, co-dominant and sub-dominant beech trees. Randomisation applied to daily climate data was used to find the period of the year during which climate best explains beech growth. Results show that carbon uptake by above-ground biomass is higher in unmanaged stands and that thinning does not affect beech growth sensitivity to climate. Further, this study shows that average daily temperature amplitude and precipitation in March-July are the best predictors of radial growth in beech at lower-elevation sites. In a key finding, this research shows that site quality and thinning intensity increase tree size, which in turn lowers their resistance to drought. Using forest management to increase the productivity of European beech may thus increase its vulnerability to climate change.

欧洲山毛榉在欧洲森林适应和缓解气候变化方面发挥着重要作用。森林管理可以通过加速树木生物量中的碳积累来增加山毛榉森林的缓解潜力，但是对山毛榉中生物量膨胀速率与其对气候变化的敏感性或其对极端干旱事件的抵抗力之间的相互作用知之甚少。在中欧的山毛榉森林中进行了为期60年的间伐实验，以生成树轮宽度序列，描述了过去的优势，共优势和次优势山毛榉树的径向生长。将随机化应用于每日气候数据，以找出一年中最能解释山毛榉生长的时期。结果表明，在不受管理的林分中，地上生物量的碳吸收较高，而稀疏不会影响山毛榉对气候的生长敏感性。此外，这项研究表明，三月至七月的日平均温度振幅和降水量是低海拔地点山毛榉径向生长的最佳预测指标。在一项重要发现中，这项研究表明，场地质量和间伐强度增加了树木的大小，从而降低了树木的抗旱性。因此，利用森林管理来提高欧洲山毛榉的生产力可能会增加其对气候变化的脆弱性。这项研究表明，场地质量和间伐强度增加了树木的大小，从而降低了树木的抗旱性。因此，利用森林管理来提高欧洲山毛榉的生产力可能会增加其对气候变化的脆弱性。这项研究表明，场地质量和间伐强度增加了树木的大小，从而降低了树木的抗旱性。因此，利用森林管理来提高欧洲山毛榉的生产力可能会增加其对气候变化的脆弱性。