Diversity and forest productivity in a changing climate

C Ammer - New phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 50 I. Introduction 50 II. Drivers of the diversity–productivity relationship
51 III. Patterns of the diversity–productivity relationship 55 IV. Responses of mixed stands to …

Tree diversity drives forest stand resistance to natural disturbances

H Jactel, J Bauhus, J Boberg, D Bonal… - Current Forestry …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose of review Forests are frequently exposed to natural disturbances, which are likely to
increase with global change, and may jeopardize the delivery of ecosystem services. Mixed …

Drought resistance enhanced by tree species diversity in global forests

D Liu, T Wang, J Peñuelas, S Piao - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Restoring species diversity is proposed as a strategy to improve ecosystem resistance to
extreme droughts, but the impact of species diversity on resistance has not been evaluated …

[HTML][HTML] The greater resilience of mixed forests to drought mainly depends on their composition: Analysis along a climate gradient across Europe

M Pardos, M Del Río, H Pretzsch, H Jactel… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite growing evidence that diverse forests play an important role in ecosystem
functioning, ensuring the provision of different ecosystem services, whether such diversity …

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

F Isbell, D Craven, J Connolly, M Loreau, B Schmid… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
It remains unclear whether biodiversity buffers ecosystems against climate extremes, which
are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide. Early results suggested that the ecosystem …

Global patterns of drought recovery

CR Schwalm, WRL Anderegg, AM Michalak, JB Fisher… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Drought, a recurring phenomenon with major impacts on both human and natural systems,,,
is the most widespread climatic extreme that negatively affects the land carbon sink …

Biodiversity and ecosystem services in forest ecosystems: a research agenda for applied forest ecology

AS Mori, KP Lertzman… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Given the substantial contributions of forest biodiversity and ecosystem services to society,
forest sciences have a large potential to contribute to the integrity and sustainability of our …

The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States

JS Clark, L Iverson, CW Woodall, CD Allen… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We synthesize insights from current understanding of drought impacts at stand‐to‐
biogeographic scales, including management options, and we identify challenges to be …

Growth resistance and resilience of mixed silver fir and Norway spruce forests in central Europe: Contrasting responses to mild and severe droughts

A Bottero, DI Forrester, M Cailleret… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme droughts are expected to increase in frequency and severity in many regions of the
world, threatening multiple ecosystem services provided by forests. Effective strategies to …

A review of processes behind diversity—productivity relationships in forests

DI Forrester, J Bauhus - Current Forestry Reports, 2016 - Springer
Through complementarity interactions, mixed-species forests can be more productive than
monocultures, and this effect can increase with tree-species richness. However, this is not …