Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

NG McDowell, G Sapes, A Pivovaroff… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Drought-associated woody-plant mortality has been increasing in most regions with multi-
decadal records and is projected to increase in the future, impacting terrestrial climate …

The impacts of rising vapour pressure deficit in natural and managed ecosystems

KA Novick, DL Ficklin, C Grossiord… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An exponential rise in the atmospheric vapour pressure deficit (VPD) is among the most
consequential impacts of climate change in terrestrial ecosystems. Rising VPD has negative …

Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950

M Patacca, M Lindner, ME Lucas‐Borja… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, the natural disturbance is increasingly putting pressure on European
forests. Shifts in disturbance regimes may compromise forest functioning and the continuous …

Maximizing carbon sequestration potential in Chinese forests through optimal management

Z Yu, S Liu, H Li, J Liang, W Liu, S Piao, H Tian… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Forest carbon sequestration capacity in China remains uncertain due to underrepresented
tree demographic dynamics and overlooked of harvest impacts. In this study, we employ a …

Abrupt expansion of climate change risks for species globally

AL Pigot, C Merow, A Wilson, CH Trisos - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change is already exposing species to dangerous temperatures driving widespread
population and geographical contractions. However, little is known about how these risks of …

Microclimate and forest density drive plant population dynamics under climate change

P Sanczuk, K De Pauw, E De Lombaerde… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Macroclimatic changes are impacting ecosystems worldwide. However, a large portion of
terrestrial species live under conditions where impacts of macroclimate change are buffered …

A joint framework for studying compound ecoclimatic events

A Bastos, S Sippel, D Frank, MD Mahecha… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Extreme weather and climate events have direct impacts on ecosystems and can further
trigger ecosystem disturbances, often having impacts that last longer than the event's …

Biodiversity loss and climate extremes—study the feedbacks

MD Mahecha, A Bastos, FJ Bohn, N Eisenhauer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
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Drought increases Norway spruce susceptibility to the Eurasian spruce bark beetle and its associated fungi

S Netherer, L Lehmanski, A Bachlehner… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Drought affects the complex interactions between Norway spruce, the bark beetle Ips
typographus and associated microorganisms. We investigated the interplay of tree water …

[HTML][HTML] California's forest carbon offsets buffer pool is severely undercapitalized

G Badgley, F Chay, OS Chegwidden… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
California operates a large forest carbon offsets program that credits carbon stored in forests
across the continental United States and parts of coastal Alaska. These credits can be sold …