A review of environmental droughts: Increased risk under global warming?

SM Vicente-Serrano, SM Quiring, M Peña-Gallardo… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article reviews current drought effects on environmental systems. It stresses the need
for considering environmental drought as a relevant type to be included in drought …

Climate change impact on future wildfire danger and activity in southern Europe: a review

J Dupuy, H Fargeon, N Martin-StPaul, F Pimont… - Annals of Forest …, 2020 - Springer
Key message Wildfire danger and burnt areas should increase over the century in southern
Europe, owing to climate warming. Fire-prone area expansion to the north and to …

How much does climate change threaten European forest tree species distributions?

MK Dyderski, S Paź, LE Frelich… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Although numerous species distribution models have been developed, most were based on
insufficient distribution data or used older climate change scenarios. We aimed to quantify …

Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

L Gamfeldt, T Snäll, R Bagchi, M Jonsson… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Forests are of major importance to human society, contributing several crucial ecosystem
services. Biodiversity is suggested to positively influence multiple services but evidence from …

Benefits and trade-offs of optimizing global land use for food, water, and carbon

AD Bayer, S Lautenbach… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Current large-scale patterns of land use reflect history, local traditions, and production costs,
much more so than they reflect biophysical potential or global supply and demand for food …

Forest adaptation to climate change—is non-management an option?

R Jandl, P Spathelf, A Bolte, CE Prescott - Annals of forest science, 2019 - Springer
Key message Climate change is posing a considerable challenge to foresters. The intensity
of required adaptive measures and the relevance of old-growth forests as benchmark for …

Next‐generation dynamic global vegetation models: learning from community ecology

S Scheiter, L Langan, SI Higgins - New Phytologist, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) are powerful tools to project past, current and
future vegetation patterns and associated biogeochemical cycles. However, most models …

Functional traits and adaptive capacity of European forests to climate change

F Bussotti, M Pollastrini, V Holland… - … and Experimental Botany, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasing temperatures and drought risks through climate change are expected to have
several consequences for European forests. Adaptive strategies may include:(i) persistence …

Site‐and species‐specific responses of forest growth to climate across the E uropean continent

F Babst, B Poulter, V Trouet, K Tan… - Global Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To evaluate the climate sensitivity of model‐based forest productivity estimates using a
continental‐scale tree‐ring network. Location E urope and N orth A frica (30–70° N, 10° W …

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 …