{"id":82688,"date":"2019-01-30T12:13:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/nos-publications\/reply-comment-messier-expansion-american-beech\/"},"modified":"2019-01-30T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:13:03","slug":"reply-comment-messier-expansion-american-beech","status":"publish","type":"cpt_publication","link":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/our-publications\/reply-comment-messier-expansion-american-beech\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply to comment by Messier et al. on &#8220;Present-day expansion of American beech in northeastern hardwood forests: Does soil base status matter?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published in <strong>Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41: 654-659<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We respond to the comment by Messier <em>et al.<\/em> (2011. Can. J. For. Res. 41: 649\u2013653) on our recent paper questioning the possible influence of the base status of soils in the present-day expansion of American beech (<em>Fagus grandifolia<\/em> Ehrh.) in Quebec (2009. Can. J. For. Res. 39: 2273\u20132282). From our observations, as well as from a large body of scientific evidence reporting on the high sensitivity of sugar maple (<em>Acer saccharum<\/em> Marsh.) to the acid\u2013base status of soils, we hypothesized that soil base cation depletion, caused in part by atmospheric deposition, is among the main factors involved in the present-day expansion of American beech over large areas in Quebec. Clearly, we suggested in our paper that acid deposition might act with other factors to explain the expansion of American beech. In this context, our conclusions are far from any oversimplified explanation, as stated by Messier <em>et al<\/em>., but rather, they point out a level of complexity above the one currently discussed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41: 654-659 We respond to the comment by Messier et al. (2011. Can. J. For. Res. 41: 649\u2013653) on our recent paper questioning the possible influence of the base status of soils in the present-day expansion of American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) in Quebec (2009. Can. J. For. 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