Large, majestic trees are iconic symbols of great age among living organisms. Published
evidence suggests that trees do not die because of genetically programmed senescence in …

Shrubs have increased in abundance and dominance in arctic and alpine regions in recent
decades. This often dramatic change, likely due to climate warming, has the potential to alter …

The growth of past, present, and future forests was, is and will be affected by climate
variability. This multifaceted relationship has been assessed in several regional studies, but …

Tree mortality is a key factor influencing forest functions and dynamics, but our
understanding of the mechanisms leading to mortality and the associated changes in tree …

The biomass of undisturbed tropical forests has likely increased in the past few decades,,
probably as a result of accelerated tree growth. Higher CO2 levels are expected to raise …

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the
trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit …

Tree rings provide an invaluable long‐term record for understanding how climate and other
drivers shape tree growth and forest productivity. However, conventional tree‐ring analysis …

Tree‐rings offer one of the few possibilities to empirically quantify and reconstruct forest
growth dynamics over years to millennia. Contemporaneously with the growing scientific …

Drought-triggered declines in forest productivity and associated die-off events have
increased considerably due to climate warming in the last decades. There is an increasing …

Abstract Theory suggests that plant interactions at the neighbourhood scale play a
fundamental role in regulating biodiversity–productivity relationships (BPRs) in tree …