Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …

The increase in aridity, mainly by decreases in precipitation but also by higher temperatures,
is likely the main threat to the diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. Changes in …

Uncertainties surrounding tree carbon allocation to growth are a major limitation to
projections of forest carbon sequestration and response to climate change. The prevalence …

What is addressed as growing season in terrestrial ecosystems is one of the main
determinants of annual plant biomass production globally. However, there is no well …

Projected changes in temperature and drought regime are likely to reduce carbon (C)
storage in forests, thereby amplifying rates of climate change. While such reductions are …

This study compared the densest available database of tree-ring growth with the longest
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) information available at the global scale to …

Extreme drought is increasing in frequency and intensity in many regions globally, with
uncertain consequences for the resistance and resilience of ecosystem functions, including …

Efforts to develop mechanistic tree growth models are hindered by the uncertainty of
whether and when tree growth responses to environmental factors are driven by carbon …

Despite considerable research demonstrating that biodiversity increases productivity in
forests and regulates herbivory and pathogen damage, there remain gaps in our …

Tree phenology is sensitive to climate warming and changes in seasonal precipitation. Long
xylogenesis records are scarce, thus limiting our ability to analyse how radial growth …