[HTML][HTML] Managing the forest-water nexus for climate change adaptation

M Zhang, S Liu, J Jones, G Sun, X Wei, D Ellison… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change can directly affect forest hydrology by altering precipitation,
evapotranspiration, and streamflow generation, or indirectly by changing disturbance …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding tree mortality patterns: A comprehensive review of remote sensing and meteorological ground-based studies

F Eliades, D Sarris, F Bachofer, S Michaelides… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
Land degradation, desertification and tree mortality related to global climate change have
been in the spotlight of remote sensing research in recent decades since extreme climatic …

Pre-and post-drought conditions drive resilience of Pinus halepensis across its distribution range

L Veuillen, B Prévosto, R Alfaro-Sánchez… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Severe droughts limit tree growth and forest productivity worldwide, a phenomenon which is
expected to aggravate over the next decades. However, how drought intensity and climatic …

Life after recovery: Increased resolution of forest resilience assessment sheds new light on post‐drought compensatory growth and recovery dynamics

TS Ovenden, MP Perks, TK Clarke… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the impacts of extreme drought on forest productivity requires a
comprehensive assessment of tree and forest resilience. However, current approaches to …

Forest thinning increases soil carbon stocks in China

C Gong, Q Tan, G Liu, M Xu - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Thinning is a common forest management practice. However, its impact on soil organic
carbon (SOC) stocks is still unknown. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of 270 …

[HTML][HTML] The lagged effect and impact of soil moisture drought on terrestrial ecosystem water use efficiency

Y Ji, Y Li, N Yao, A Biswas, Y Zou, Q Meng, F Liu - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Water use efficiency (WUE) is an ecological indicator reflecting the link between carbon and
water cycles in terrestrial ecosystems, which is often affected by drought disturbance …

Tree growth responses to extreme drought after mechanical thinning and prescribed fire in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest, USA

HSJ Zald, CC Callahan, MD Hurteau… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
An estimated 128 M trees died during the 2012–2016 California drought, largely in the
southern Sierra Nevada Range. Prescribed burning and mechanical thinning are widely …

Thinning followed by slash burning enhances growth and reduces vulnerability to drought for Pinus nigra

L Vilà‐Vilardell, T Valor, R Hood‐Nowotny… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Increasingly frequent severe drought events are pushing Mediterranean forests to
unprecedented responses. Lack of management leads to dense forests that are highly …

A high‐temperature water vapor equilibration method to determine non‐exchangeable hydrogen isotope ratios of sugar, starch and cellulose

P Schuler, MA Cormier, RA Werner, N Buchmann… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of the non‐exchangeable hydrogen isotope ratio (δ2Hne) in carbohydrates is
mostly limited to the structural component cellulose, while simple high‐throughput methods …