Integrated wildfire danger models and factors: A review

I Zacharakis, VA Tsihrintzis - Science of the total environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildfires have been systematically studied from the early 1950s, with significant progress in
the applied computational methodologies during the 21st century. However, modern …

Density‐dependent vulnerability of forest ecosystems to drought

A Bottero, AW D'Amato, BJ Palik… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate models predict increasing drought intensity and frequency for many regions, which
may have negative consequences for tree recruitment, growth and mortality, as well as forest …

Traditional and novel indicators of climate change impacts on European forest trees

F Bussotti, M Pollastrini - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
The concern for the fate of forest ecosystems under climate change demands the
development of a prompt and effective system for detecting the impacts of pressure factors …

Importance and potential of Scots pine (L.) in 21 century

J Brichta, S Vacek, Z Vacek, J Cukor… - Central European …, 2023 - sciendo.com
We are currently witnessing significant global changes in climate conditions. We cannot
change the natural conditions, but with regard to sustainable landscape management, we …

Widespread crown defoliation after a drought and heat wave in the forests of Tuscany (central Italy) and their recovery—A case study from summer 2017

M Pollastrini, N Puletti, F Selvi, G Iacopetti… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An anomalous event of drought and heat occurred in central Italy during the summer of
2017. Based on the SPI (Standardized Precipitation Index) and data from the European …

Long-term effects of environmental change and species diversity on tree radial growth in a mixed European forest

M Bosela, L Kulla, J Roessiger, V Šebeň… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Norway spruce (Picea abies), European beech (Fagus sylvatica), silver fir (Abies
alba) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) typically co-occur in European forests, but show …

Modeling anthropogenic and natural fire ignitions in an inner-alpine valley

G Vacchiano, C Foderi, R Berretti… - Natural Hazards and …, 2018 - nhess.copernicus.org
Modeling and assessing the factors that drive forest fire ignitions is critical for fire prevention
and sustainable ecosystem management. In southern Europe, the anthropogenic …

Observing climate change impacts on European forests: what works and what does not in ongoing long-term monitoring networks

F Bussotti, M Pollastrini - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Ecosystem services of forests are related to specific functions, such as growth,
photosynthesis, regeneration, element cycling, soil formation, biodiversity holding, and so …

The imprint of extreme climate events in century-long time series of wood anatomical traits in high-elevation conifers

M Carrer, M Brunetti, D Castagneri - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Extreme climate events are of key importance for forest ecosystems. However, both the
inherent infrequency, stochasticity and multiplicity of extreme climate events, and the array of …

[HTML][HTML] Intimate mixtures of Scots pine and Sitka spruce do not increase resilience to spring drought

TS Ovenden, MP Perks, DI Forrester… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding how we can increase the resilience of forest systems to future extreme
drought events is increasingly important as these events become more frequent and intense …