Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood

A Gessler, JP Ferrio, R Hommel, K Treydte… - Tree …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation processes is increasing but we still
lack detailed knowledge of the processes that determine the isotopic composition of the tree …

On tree longevity

G Piovesan, F Biondi - New Phytologist, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Large, majestic trees are iconic symbols of great age among living organisms. Published
evidence suggests that trees do not die because of genetically programmed senescence in …

[BOOK][B] Fundamentals of tree-ring research

JH Speer - 2010 - books.google.com
Tree-ring dating (dendrochronology) is a method of scientific dating based on the analysis of
tree-ring growth patterns. As author James Speer notes, trees are remarkable bioindicators …

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 …

Sufficient conditions for rapid range expansion of a boreal conifer

RJ Dial, CT Maher, RE Hewitt, PF Sullivan - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Unprecedented modern rates of warming are expected to advance boreal forest into Arctic
tundra, thereby reducing albedo,–, altering carbon cycling and further changing climate …

A theory-driven approach to tree-ring standardization: defining the biological trend from expected basal area increment

F Biondi, F Qeadan - Tree-Ring Research, 2008 - BioOne
One of the main elements of dendrochronological standardization is removing the biological
trend, ie the progressive decline of ring width along a cross-sectional radius that is caused …

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 …

The influence of sampling design on tree‐ring‐based quantification of forest growth

C Nehrbass‐Ahles, F Babst, S Klesse… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Tree‐rings offer one of the few possibilities to empirically quantify and reconstruct forest
growth dynamics over years to millennia. Contemporaneously with the growing scientific …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid beech decline under recurrent drought stress: Individual neighborhood structure and soil properties matter

G Schmied, H Pretzsch, D Ambs, E Uhl… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the summer of 2022, an acute drought once more afflicted central and southern
Europe. This marked the third episode (after 2015 and 2018) of severe aridity in large parts …

Tree vitality and forest health: can tree-ring stable isotopes be used as indicators?

P Cherubini, G Battipaglia, JL Innes - Current Forestry Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Society is concerned about the long-term condition of the
forests. Although a clear definition of forest health is still missing, to evaluate forest health …