Climate change threatens the role of European forests as a long-term carbon sink. Assisted
migration aims to increase the resilience of forest tree populations to climate change, using …

Forests worldwide are increasingly exposed to extreme weather events. Drought
deteriorates the health, structure, and functioning of forests, which can lead to reduced …

Climate change, particularly droughts and heat waves, significantly impacts global
photosynthesis and forest ecosystem sustainability. To understand how trees respond to and …

The cultivation of hybrid poplar clones is increasing worldwide. Hundreds of hectares of
plantations now occur across Europe and other continents such as North America, using …

European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests have recently experienced severe diebacks that
are expected to increase in future. Oriental beech (Fagus sylvatica spp. orientalis (Lipsky) …

As European forests face increasing threats from climate change and disturbances,
diversifying tree species can be a crucial strategy to safeguard their ecological functions and …

European beech is one of the most common tree species in Europe and is generally
suggested to play even more of a prominent role in forestry in the future. It seems to have the …

Key message Leaf shape in European beech provenances varies geographically, with
narrower and longer lamina observed in southern provenances, indicating a direct selection …

Fagus sylvatica L., one of the most common Central European deciduous tree species, is
one of the species globally suffering from changing and stressful environmental conditions. It …

Global change increases the risk of extreme climatic events. The impact of extreme
temperature may depend on the tree species and also on the provenance. Ten provenances …