Tree drought–mortality risk depends more on intrinsic species resistance than on stand species diversity

R Decarsin, J Guillemot, G Le Maire… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing tree diversity is considered a key management option to adapt forests to climate
change. However, the effect of species diversity on a forest's ability to cope with extreme …

Assessment of drought characteristics using SPEI and VHI in Tanzania and their associated climate factors

EK Makula, RJ Mangara, B Kazimili, D Mbigi… - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
Severe drought conditions can have tremendous impacts on ecosystem operation. However,
the assessment of drought characteristics derived from vegetation conditions and water …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing high-resolution forest stand mean height map** in China through an individual tree-based approach with close-range lidar data

Y Chen, H Yang, Z Yang, Q Yang, W Liu… - Earth System …, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
Forest stand mean height is a critical indicator in forestry, playing a pivotal role in various
aspects such as forest inventory, sustainable forest management practices, climate change …

Tracking tree demography and forest dynamics at scale using remote sensing

R Battison, SM Prober, K Zdunic, TD Jackson… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Capturing how tree growth and survival vary through space and time is critical to
understanding the structure and dynamics of tree‐dominated ecosystems. However …

Tree species and drought: Two mysterious long‐standing counterparts

EHM Cisse, LS Pascual, KB Gajanayake… - Physiologia …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Around 252 million years ago (Late Permian), Earth experienced one of its most significant
drought periods, coinciding with a global climate crisis, resulting in a devastating loss of …

TreeCompR: Tree competition indices for inventory data and 3D point clouds

JS Rieder, RM Link, K Köthe, D Seidel… - Methods in Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In times of more frequent global change‐type droughts and associated tree mortality events,
competition release is one silvicultural measure discussed to have an impact on the …

Response of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence-based spatial and temporal evolution of vegetation in **njiang to multiscale drought

C Xue, M Zan, Y Zhou, Z Chen, J Kong… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Climate change and human activities have increased droughts, especially overgrazing and
deforestation, which seriously threaten the balance of terrestrial ecosystems. The ecological …

Local neighborhood affects stem rehydration under drought: evidence from mixtures of European beech with two different conifers

CA Hackmann, H Sennhenn-Reulen, M Mund… - Tree …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Mixed-species forests are, for multiple reasons, promising options for forest management in
Central Europe. However, the extent to which interspecific competition affects tree …