Anthropogenic climate change pushes forest ecosystems globally beyond their limits.
Widespread events of forest die-off have been attributed to direct and indirect impacts of …

Biogeographical and ecological theory suggests that species distributions should be driven
to higher altitudes and latitudes as global temperatures rise. Such changes occur as growth …

For north-eastern Germany regional climate models project rising temperatures in
combination with decreasing summer and increasing winter precipitation. The resulting …

Productivity of old‐growth beech forests in the Mediterranean Basin was measured by
average stem basal area increment (BAI) of dominant trees at two mountain sites in the …

Climate change is predicted to affect tree growth due to increased frequency and intensity of
extreme events such as ice storms, droughts and heatwaves. Yet, there is still a lot of …

Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme climate events, causing profound
impacts on forest function and composition. Late frost defoliation (LFD) events, the loss of …

Key message In the center of the species' distribution range in Germany, European beech
stands show continued climate-change-related growth decline since the 1980s at low …

With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on
forest ecosystems with negative impacts on tree growth, vitality, and survival. How individual …

A range of new spatial datasets classifying the European environment has been constructed
over the last few years. These datasets share the common objective of dividing European …

Global warming and increasing drought severity are exposing temperate forests to
increasing stress, challenging silvicultural decision making. Growth analyses in marginal …