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 …

There have been vociferous calls for 'tree-centered'vegetation models to refine predictions of
forest carbon (C) cycling. Unfortunately, our global survey at flux-tower sites indicates …

European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) has strongly suffered from the exceptional 2018
drought and subsequent dry years that hit Central Europe. While many trees showed severe …

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 …

Abstract In 2010–2018, Northern Patagonia featured the longest severe drought of the last
millennium. This extreme dry spell triggered widespread growth decline and forest dieback …

Tree responses to altered water availability range from immediate (eg stomatal regulation) to
delayed (eg crown size adjustment). The interplay of the different response times and …

Climate change exposes ecosystems to strong and rapid changes in their environmental
boundary conditions mainly due to the altered temperature and precipitation patterns. It is …

Drought legacies in radial tree growth are an important feature of variability in biomass
accumulation and are widely used to characterize forest resilience to climate change …

Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC s) are important for the growth and survival of trees.
Drought may lead to a decrease in tree growth and to NSC depletion, whereas increased …

In the last decades, forests have been seriously threatened by the effects of climate change.
In Mediterranean regions, increasing fire occurrence and drought have a substantial impact …