Climate change risks to global forest health: emergence of unexpected events of elevated tree mortality worldwide

H Hartmann, A Bastos, AJ Das… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Recent observations of elevated tree mortality following climate extremes, like heat and
drought, raise concerns about climate change risks to global forest health. We currently lack …

Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area

S Greenwood, P Ruiz‐Benito, J Martínez‐Vilalta… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Drought events are increasing globally, and reports of consequent forest mortality are
widespread. However, due to a lack of a quantitative global synthesis, it is still not clear …

Excess forest mortality is consistently linked to drought across Europe

C Senf, A Buras, CS Zang, A Rammig… - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Pulses of tree mortality caused by drought have been reported recently in forests around the
globe, but large-scale quantitative evidence is lacking for Europe. Analyzing high-resolution …

[PDF][PDF] Estrés hídrico: ecofisiología y escalas de la sequía

F Valladares, A Vilagrosa, J Peñuelas… - Ecología del bosque …, 2004 - academia.edu
Estrés hídrico: ecofisiología y escalas de la sequía. El clima mediterráneo impone una doble
adversidad a los sistemas biológicos: la limitación hídrica y la irregularidad …

[HTML][HTML] The greater resilience of mixed forests to drought mainly depends on their composition: Analysis along a climate gradient across Europe

M Pardos, M Del Río, H Pretzsch, H Jactel… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite growing evidence that diverse forests play an important role in ecosystem
functioning, ensuring the provision of different ecosystem services, whether such diversity …

Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

WRL Anderegg, T Klein, M Bartlett, L Sack… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
Drought-induced tree mortality has been observed globally and is expected to increase
under climate change scenarios, with large potential consequences for the terrestrial carbon …

Plant phenotypic plasticity in response to environmental factors

L Gratani - Advances in botany, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Plants are exposed to heterogeneity in the environment where new stress factors (ie, climate
change, land use change, and invasiveness) are introduced, and where inter‐and …

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

CD Allen, AK Macalady, H Chenchouni… - Forest ecology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Greenhouse gas emissions have significantly altered global climate, and will continue to do
so in the future. Increases in the frequency, duration, and/or severity of drought and heat …

A comprehensive review of impacts of diverse nanoparticles on growth, development and physiological adjustments in plants under changing environment

U Aqeel, T Aftab, MMA Khan, M Naeem, MN Khan - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of nanotechnology in agriculture includes the use of nanofertilizers,
nanopesticides, and nanoherbicides that enhance plant nutrition without disturbing the soil …

Future ecosystem services from European mountain forests under climate change

M Mina, H Bugmann, T Cordonnier… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem services (ES) from mountain forests are highly relevant for human societies. ES
with a direct economic support function (eg timber production), regulatory services (eg …