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 …

A review on trade-offs at the warm and cold ends of geographical distributions

Y Willi, J Van Buskirk - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Species' range limits are ubiquitous. This suggests that the evolution of the ecological niche
is constrained in general and at the edges of distributions in particular. While there may be …

Long-term response of forest productivity to climate change is mostly driven by change in tree species composition

X Morin, L Fahse, H Jactel, M Scherer-Lorenzen… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Climate change affects ecosystem functioning directly through impacts on plant physiology,
resulting in changes of global productivity. However, climate change has also an indirect …

Quantitative glucose release from softwood after pretreatment with low-cost ionic liquids

FJV Gschwend, CL Chambon, M Biedka… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Softwood is an abundantly available feedstock for the bio-based industry. However,
achieving cost-effective sugar release is particularly challenging, owing to its guaiacyl-only …

Both climate sensitivity and growth trend of European beech decrease in the North German Lowlands, while Scots pine still thrives, despite growing sensitivity

M Diers, R Weigel, C Leuschner - Trees, 2023 - Springer
Key message Beech and pine respond differently to climate change. June precipitation is of
particular influence for beech, and February/March temperature for pine. Abstract Climate …

A review of climate change impacts on the ecosystem services in the Saami Homeland in Finland

I Markkula, M Turunen, S Rasmus - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is (i) to review the recent studies on weather and climate change in
Finnish Sápmi and to present the literature review findings alongside our survey on the …

Contrasting growth forecasts across the geographical range of Scots pine due to altitudinal and latitudinal differences in climatic sensitivity

L Matías, JC Linares, Á Sánchez‐Miranda… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing changes in global climate are altering ecological conditions for many species. The
consequences of such changes are typically most evident at the edge of a species' …

Genetic differentiation and plasticity interact along temperature and precipitation gradients to determine plant performance under climate change

Z Münzbergová, V Hadincová, H Skálová… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding species' abilities to cope with changing climate is a key prerequisite for
predicting the future fates of species and ecosystems. Despite considerable research on …

Increasing winter temperatures stimulate Scots pine growth in the North German Lowlands despite stationary sensitivity to summer drought

M Diers, C Leuschner, C Dulamsuren, TC Schulz… - Ecosystems, 2024 - Springer
More than half of the forest area of the North German Lowlands is stocked with Scots pine-
dominated forests, mostly plantations. Climate change suggests a declining suitability of …

Managing uncertainty in Scots pine range-wide adaptation under climate change

HR Hallingbäck, V Burton… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Forests provide important ecosystem services and renewable materials. Yet, under a future
climate, optimal conditions will likely shift outside the current range for some tree species …