Challenges in forestry and forest engineering–Case studies from four countries in East Europe

PS Mederski, SA Borz, A Đuka… - Croatian Journal of Forest …, 2021 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The forestry and timber industry are strong sectors in the economies of European
countries. The current trend of introducing forestry management that respects the various …

Observational evidence of legacy effects of the 2018 drought on a mixed deciduous forest in Germany

F Pohl, U Werban, R Kumar, A Hildebrandt… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Forests play a major role in the global carbon cycle, and droughts have been shown to
explain much of the interannual variability in the terrestrial carbon sink capacity. The …

Cumulative growth and stress responses to the 2018–2019 drought in a European floodplain forest

F Schnabel, S Purrucker, L Schmitt… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Droughts increasingly threaten the world's forests and their potential to mitigate climate
change. In 2018–2019, Central European forests were hit by two consecutive hotter drought …

Species-specific growth and transpiration response to changing environmental conditions in floodplain forest

J Szatniewska, I Zavadilova, O Nezval, J Krejza… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent changes in the floodplain forests of Central Europe, caused mainly by changes in
hydrological management and the increased frequency of droughts due to climate change …

The Climatic Response of Tree Ring Width Components of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and Common Oak (Quercus robur L.) from Eastern Europe

CC Roibu, V Sfeclă, A Mursa, M Ionita, V Nagavciuc… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to develop the first differentiated (earlywood—EW, latewood—LW, and total
ring width—RW) dendrochronological series for ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and oak …

Species specific vulnerability to increased drought in temperate and Mediterranean floodplain forests

O Pericolo, JJ Camarero, M Colangelo… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Floodplain forests are sensitive to climate warming and increased drought, as showed by
recent oak (Quercus robur) dieback and mortality episodes. However, a comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Supporting conservation planning in a national biodiversity hotspot–Projecting species composition across a groundwater level gradient using a demographic …

L Elles, J Boyce, S Henkel, HD Kasperidus, M Scholz… - Ecological …, 2025 - Elsevier
The Leipzig floodplain forest is a biodiversity hotspot of national significance. However, it is
an urban forest heavily impacted by human activities, including the alteration of the …

Accelerated growth rates of Norway spruce and European beech saplings from Europe's temperate primary forests are related to warmer conditions

W Marchand, A Buechling, M Rydval, V Čada… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global change outcomes for forests will be strongly influenced by the demography of
juvenile trees. We used data from an extensive network of forest inventory plots in Europe to …

Soil properties are significant modifiers of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) radial increment variations and their sensitivity to drought

S Kostić, L Kesić, B Matović, S Orlović, S Stojnić… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil properties, drought, and the interaction between the two are significant, if unclear, driver
of radial growth variations. We observed that, soil properties exert a stronger effect on …

[HTML][HTML] Climatic sensitivity and the growth prospects of Silver fir and European larch in the Carpathians in the light of observed climate changes

S Wilczyński, M Danek, T Danek - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
One consequence of climate change is the rapid extinction of spruce monocultures in the
Carpathians. Therefore, the need has arisen to replace spruce with other highly productive …