Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States

SR Weiskopf, MA Rubenstein, LG Crozier… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change is a pervasive and growing global threat to biodiversity and ecosystems.
Here, we present the most up-to-date assessment of climate change impacts on biodiversity …

Hanging by a thread? Forests and drought

TJ Brodribb, J Powers, H Cochard, B Choat - Science, 2020 - science.org
Trees are the living foundations on which most terrestrial biodiversity is built. Central to the
success of trees are their woody bodies, which connect their elevated photosynthetic …

[HTML][HTML] Compound climate events increase tree drought mortality across European forests

A Gazol, JJ Camarero - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change can lead to the simultaneous occurrence of extreme droughts and heat
waves increasing the frequency of compound events with unknown impacts on forests. Here …

Ghosts of the past: how drought legacy effects shape forest functioning and carbon cycling

SA Kannenberg, CR Schwalm… - Ecology letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐year lags in tree drought recovery, termed 'drought legacy effects', are important for
understanding the impacts of drought on forest ecosystems, including carbon (C) cycle …

The changing culture of silviculture

A Achim, G Moreau, NC Coops, JN Axelson… - Forestry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Changing climates are altering the structural and functional components of forest
ecosystems at an unprecedented rate. Simultaneously, we are seeing a diversification of …

[HTML][HTML] The greater resilience of mixed forests to drought mainly depends on their composition: Analysis along a climate gradient across Europe

M Pardos, M Del Río, H Pretzsch, H Jactel… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite growing evidence that diverse forests play an important role in ecosystem
functioning, ensuring the provision of different ecosystem services, whether such diversity …

Growth resistance and resilience of mixed silver fir and Norway spruce forests in central Europe: Contrasting responses to mild and severe droughts

A Bottero, DI Forrester, M Cailleret… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme droughts are expected to increase in frequency and severity in many regions of the
world, threatening multiple ecosystem services provided by forests. Effective strategies to …

Forest management for carbon sequestration and climate adaptation

TA Ontl, MK Janowiak, CW Swanston, J Daley… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The importance of forests for sequestering carbon has created widespread interest among
land managers for identifying actions that maintain or enhance carbon storage in forests …

Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought‐induced forest dieback

AS Jump, P Ruiz‐Benito, S Greenwood… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing climate change poses significant threats to plant function and distribution.
Increased temperatures and altered precipitation regimes amplify drought frequency and …

Meta-analysis reveals different competition effects on tree growth resistance and resilience to drought

D Castagneri, G Vacchiano, A Hacket-Pain… - Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
Drought will increasingly threaten forest ecosystems worldwide. Understanding how
competition influences tree growth response to drought is essential for forest management …