On tree longevity

G Piovesan, F Biondi - New Phytologist, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Large, majestic trees are iconic symbols of great age among living organisms. Published
evidence suggests that trees do not die because of genetically programmed senescence in …

Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs

RJW Brienen, L Caldwell, L Duchesne… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Land vegetation is currently taking up large amounts of atmospheric CO2, possibly due to
tree growth stimulation. Extant models predict that this growth stimulation will continue to …

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

M Cailleret, S Jansen, EMR Robert… - Global change …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tree mortality is a key factor influencing forest functions and dynamics, but our
understanding of the mechanisms leading to mortality and the associated changes in tree …

The influence of sampling design on tree‐ring‐based quantification of forest growth

C Nehrbass‐Ahles, F Babst, S Klesse… - Global change …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tree‐rings offer one of the few possibilities to empirically quantify and reconstruct forest
growth dynamics over years to millennia. Contemporaneously with the growing scientific …

Long tree‐ring chronologies reveal 20th century increases in water‐use efficiency but no enhancement of tree growth at five Iberian pine forests

L ANDREU‐HAYLES, O Planells… - Global Change …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the tree growth and physiological response of five pine forest stands in
relation to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration (ca) and climate in the Iberian …

[HTML][HTML] Mediterranean old-growth forests exhibit resistance to climate warming

M Colangelo, JJ Camarero, A Gazol, G Piovesan… - Science of the total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Old-growth mountain forests represent an ideal setting for studying long-term impacts of
climate change. We studied the few remnants of old-growth forests located within the Pollino …

Age class, longevity and growth rate relationships: protracted growth increases in old trees in the eastern United States

SE Johnson, MD Abrams - Tree Physiology, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
This study uses data from the International Tree-Ring Data Bank website and tree cores
collected in the field to explore growth rate (basal area increment, BAI) relationships across …

Increased early growth rates decrease longevities of conifers in subalpine forests

C Bigler, TT Veblen - Oikos, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
For trees, fast growth rates and large size seem to be a fitness benefit because of increased
competitiveness, attainment of reproductive size earlier, reduction of generation times, and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent growth decline and shifts in climatic growth constraints suggest climate vulnerability of beech, Douglas fir, pine and oak in Northern Germany

S Gribbe, L Enderle, R Weigel, D Hertel… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Most of Central Europe's economically important tree species have suffered vitality
losses, growth decline and locally increased mortality during recent hot droughts. Foresters …

How do tree structure and old age affect growth potential of California redwoods?

SC Sillett, R Van Pelt, AL Carroll… - Ecological …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
As the only species exceeding 90 m in height and 2000 years of age, Sequoia sempervirens
and Sequoiadendron giganteum provide the optimal platform upon which to examine …