Temperate forests are undergoing significant transformations due to the influence of climate
change, including varying responses of different tree species to increasing temperature and …

With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on
forest ecosystems with negative impacts on tree growth, vitality, and survival. How individual …

Increasing growing season temperatures and the seasonal redistribution of precipitation due
to climate change have recently been recorded across the globe. Simultaneously, increases …

Natural disturbances strongly influence forest structural dynamics, and subsequently stand
structural heterogeneity, biomass, and forest functioning. The impact of disturbance legacies …

Biogeomorphological and ecological succession following a disturbance or the exposure of
new ground often proceeds in stages, from domination by abiotic, geophysical factors …

Tree radial growth is influenced by individual tree abilities, climate, competition, disturbance
regimes, as well as biogeomorphic processes–including biomechanical interactions …

Natural regeneration of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Norway spruce (Picea abies)
plays a crucial role in the future of many European mountain forests. It is affected by various …

The driving forces of tree mortality following wind disturbances of mountain mixed European
temperate forests belongs among issues not comprehensively resolved. Hence, we aimed to …

Considering the increasing frequency of disturbance events under accelerating global
change, detailed knowledge about past forest dynamics forms a crucial foundation for …

Despite prehistoric colonization, forests with limited evidence of human activities have been
preserved throughout the centuries in the Bohemian Forest, thus they are promising from the …