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 …

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 …

Abstract In 2018, Central Europe experienced one of the most severe and long-lasting
summer drought and heat wave ever recorded. Before 2018, the 2003 millennial drought …

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 …

During the particularly severe hot summer drought in 2018, widespread premature leaf
senescence was observed in several broadleaved tree species in Central Europe …

Drought will increasingly threaten forest ecosystems worldwide. Understanding how
competition influences tree growth response to drought is essential for forest management …

Global climate change is expected to further raise the frequency and severity of extreme
events, such as droughts. The effects of extreme droughts on trees are difficult to disentangle …

Forests are undergoing increasing risks of drought-induced tree mortality. Species
replacement patterns following mortality may have a significant impact on the global carbon …

Trees can live for many centuries with sustained fecundity and death is largely stochastic.
We use a neutral stochastic model to examine tree demographic patterns that emerge over …

A recent increase in the intensity and frequency of climate extremes under global warming is
likely to continue to cause unprecedented rates of forest dieback in different habitats around …