Europe (Chapter 13)

B Bednar-Friedl, R Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

[HTML][HTML] Carpathian forests: past and recent developments

D Kholiavchuk, W Gurgiser, S Mayr - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forests of the Carpathians are of increasing research interest, as they cover a large area (>
9 Mha) within European forests and are influenced by diverse environmental conditions and …

Herbaceous perennial plants with short generation time have stronger responses to climate anomalies than those with longer generation time

A Compagnoni, S Levin, DZ Childs, S Harpole… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
There is an urgent need to synthesize the state of our knowledge on plant responses to
climate. The availability of open-access data provide opportunities to examine quantitative …

Competition amplifies drought stress in forests across broad climatic and compositional gradients

KE Gleason, JB Bradford, A Bottero, AW D'Amato… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Forests around the world are experiencing increasingly severe droughts and elevated
competitive intensity due to increased tree density. However, the influence of interactions …

Assessing the response of forest productivity to climate extremes in Switzerland using model–data fusion

V Trotsiuk, F Hartig, M Cailleret, F Babst… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The response of forest productivity to climate extremes strongly depends on ambient
environmental and site conditions. To better understand these relationships at a regional …

[HTML][HTML] Contrasting effects of environmental change on the radial growth of co-occurring beech and fir trees across Europe

M Bosela, M Lukac, D Castagneri, R Sedmák… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Under predicted climate change, native silver fir (Abies alba) and European beech (Fagus
sylvatica) are the most likely replacement species for the Norway spruce (Picea abies) …

Elevation-dependent tree growth response to recent warming and drought on eastern Tibetan Plateau

D Yin, X Gou, H Yang, K Wang, J Liu, Y Zhang, L Gao - Climatic Change, 2023 - Springer
Increasing warming and drought intensity and frequency have led to profound impacts on
forest ecosystems around the world. However, few studies have assessed the impacts of …

Distinct growth responses to drought for oak and beech in temperate mixed forests

M Vanhellemont, R Sousa-Silva, SL Maes… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Droughts are expected to become more intense and frequent. Mixed forests can be
more resilient to extreme events, but are the individual trees in mixed forests also more …

Bark strip**, the crucial factor affecting stem rot development and timber production of Norway spruce forests in Central Europe

Z Vacek, J Cukor, R Linda, S Vacek, V Šimůnek… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bark strip** damage and the resultant stem rot to Norway spruce (Picea abies [L]. Karst),
one of the most important tree species, poses a serious problem for forest management in …

[HTML][HTML] Spruce suffers most from drought at low elevations in the Carpathians, though shows high resilience

A Popa, M van der Maaten-Theunissen, I Popa… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
More frequent and severe droughts have affected forest ecosystems throughout Europe in
recent decades. In Central Europe, large-scale dieback of Norway spruce has, for example …