European forests under global climate change: Review of tree growth processes, crises and management strategies

Z Vacek, S Vacek, J Cukor - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The ongoing global climate change is challenging all sectors, forestry notwithstanding. On
the one hand, forest ecosystems are exposed to and threatened by climate change, but on …

Quantifying growth responses of trees to drought—A critique of commonly used resilience indices and recommendations for future studies

J Schwarz, G Skiadaresis, M Kohler, J Kunz… - Current Forestry …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Despite the rapidly increasing use of resilience indices to
analyze responses of trees and forests to disturbance events, there is so far no common …

Patterns of drought tolerance in major European temperate forest trees: climatic drivers and levels of variability

C Zang, C Hartl‐Meier, C Dittmar, A Rothe… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The future performance of native tree species under climate change conditions is frequently
discussed, since increasingly severe and more frequent drought events are expected to …

Effects of stand composition and tree size on resistance and resilience to drought in sessile oak and Scots pine

M Merlin, T Perot, S Perret, N Korboulewsky… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The IPCC previsions for the upcoming decades include an increase in frequency and
intensity of drought events in several regions worldwide, including Northern Europe …

Disentangling the relative importance of climate, size and competition on tree growth in Iberian forests: implications for forest management under global change

L GÓMEZ‐APARICIO… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Most large‐scale multispecies studies of tree growth have been conducted in tropical and
cool temperate forests, whereas Mediterranean water‐limited ecosystems have received …

[HTML][HTML] Species mixing reduces drought susceptibility of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oak (Quercus robur L., Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.)–Site water supply …

M Steckel, M del Río, M Heym, J Aldea, K Bielak… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tree species mixing has been widely promoted as a promising silvicultural tool for reducing
drought stress. However, so far only a limited number of species combinations have been …

Species interactions increase the temporal stability of community productivity in Pinus sylvestris–Fagus sylvatica mixtures across Europe

M Del Río, H Pretzsch, R Ruíz‐Peinado… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing evidence that species diversity enhances the temporal stability (TS) of
community productivity in different ecosystems, although its effect at the population and tree …

Competition amplifies drought stress in forests across broad climatic and compositional gradients

KE Gleason, JB Bradford, A Bottero, AW D'Amato… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Forests around the world are experiencing increasingly severe droughts and elevated
competitive intensity due to increased tree density. However, the influence of interactions …

Long-term thinning effects on tree growth, drought response and water use efficiency at two Aleppo pine plantations in Spain

À Manrique-Alba, S Beguería, AJ Molina… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In Mediterranean areas where drought-induced forest dieback and tree mortality have been
widely reported, it is still under debate how the likely risks of climate change will affect tree …

Competition modulates the adaptation capacity of forests to climatic stress: insights from recent growth decline and death in relict stands of the Mediterranean fir Abies …

JC Linares, JJ Camarero, JA Carreira - Journal of Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term basal area increment (BAI) in Abies pinsapo was studied to investigate the way
density‐dependent factors modulate the responses of radial growth to climatic stresses in …