Drought response of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)—A review

C Leuschner - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and …, 2020 - Elsevier
European beech (Fagus sylvatica) is the dominant tree species of Central Europe's natural
forests and one of the continent's most important timber species. This highly competitive …

Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood

A Gessler, JP Ferrio, R Hommel, K Treydte… - Tree …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation processes is increasing but we still
lack detailed knowledge of the processes that determine the isotopic composition of the tree …

Warming-induced tree growth may help offset increasing disturbance across the Canadian boreal forest

J Wang, AR Taylor, L D'Orangeville - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - pnas.org
Large projected increases in forest disturbance pose a major threat to future wood fiber
supply and carbon sequestration in the cold-limited, Canadian boreal forest ecosystem …

Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth

A Cabon, SA Kannenberg, A Arain, F Babst… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Uncertainties surrounding tree carbon allocation to growth are a major limitation to
projections of forest carbon sequestration and response to climate change. The prevalence …

Twentieth century redistribution in climatic drivers of global tree growth

F Babst, O Bouriaud, B Poulter, V Trouet… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Energy and water limitations of tree growth remain insufficiently understood at large
spatiotemporal scales, hindering model representation of interannual or longer-term …

Forest resilience to drought varies across biomes

A Gazol, JJ Camarero… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasted increase drought frequency and severity may drive worldwide declines in forest
productivity. Species‐level responses to a drier world are likely to be influenced by their …

Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability

PA Zuidema, F Babst, P Groenendijk, V Trouet… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Interannual variability in the global land carbon sink is strongly related to variations in
tropical temperature and rainfall. This association suggests an important role for moisture …

Old World megadroughts and pluvials during the Common Era

ER Cook, R Seager, Y Kushnir, KR Briffa… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Climate model projections suggest widespread drying in the Mediterranean Basin and
wetting in Fennoscandia in the coming decades largely as a consequence of greenhouse …

Evidence for a weakening relationship between interannual temperature variability and northern vegetation activity

S Piao, H Nan, C Huntingford, P Ciais… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a proxy of
vegetation productivity, is known to be correlated with temperature in northern ecosystems …

Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene

DC Frank, B Poulter, M Saurer, J Esper… - Nature Climate …, 2015 - nature.com
The Earth's carbon and hydrologic cycles are intimately coupled by gas exchange through
plant stomata,,. However, uncertainties in the magnitude,, and consequences, of the …