Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

A recent increase in the intensity and frequency of climate extremes under global warming is
likely to continue to cause unprecedented rates of forest dieback in different habitats around …

Tree mortality is a key driver of forest dynamics and its occurrence is projected to increase in
the future due to climate change. Despite recent advances in our understanding of the …

Understanding the relative contributions of competition and climate on individual tree growth
is critical to project realistic forest dynamics under projected climate scenarios. Furthermore …

Forest plantations are more vulnerable to the stress induced by biotic and abiotic factors
than are naturally regenerated forests. These effects can be aggravated by a lack of …

Drought stress causes forest dieback that is often explained by two interrelated mechanisms,
namely hydraulic failure and carbon starvation. However, it is still unclear which functional …

Hydraulic theory suggests that tall trees are at greater risk of drought-triggered death caused
by hydraulic failure than small trees. In addition the drop in growth, observed in several tree …

With intensifying climate change, droughts over Southwest China (SWC) are drawing
increasing interest. The droughts of 2009–2011 have attracted special concern. However …

Global change potentially increases forest vulnerability. Different abiotic and biotic factors
may interact to cause forest decline and accelerated tree mortality. We studied a mixed …

The assessment of the long-term impacts of drought on tree growth decline using tree-ring
analyses may be used to test if plantations are more vulnerable to warming after successive …