Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models

I Maréchaux, F Langerwisch, A Huth… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the processes that shape forest functioning, structure, and diversity remains
challenging, although data on forest systems are being collected at a rapid pace and across …

From theory to experiments for testing the proximate mechanisms of mast seeding: an agenda for an experimental ecology

M Bogdziewicz, D Ascoli, A Hacket‐Pain… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Highly variable and synchronised production of seeds by plant populations, known as
masting, is implicated in many important ecological processes, but how it arises remains …

The evolution, complexity and diversity of models of long‐term forest dynamics

H Bugmann, R Seidl - Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To assess the impacts of climate change on vegetation from stand to global scales, models
of forest dynamics that include tree demography are needed. Such models are now …

Plant respiration: controlled by photosynthesis or biomass?

A Collalti, MG Tjoelker, G Hoch, A Mäkelä… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Two simplifying hypotheses have been proposed for whole‐plant respiration. One links
respiration to photosynthesis; the other to biomass. Using a first‐principles carbon balance …

Forest production efficiency increases with growth temperature

A Collalti, A Ibrom, A Stockmarr, A Cescatti… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Forest production efficiency (FPE) metric describes how efficiently the assimilated carbon is
partitioned into plants organs (biomass production, BP) or—more generally—for the …

[HTML][HTML] Stand age diversity (and more than climate change) affects forests' resilience and stability, although unevenly

E Vangi, D Dalmonech, E Cioccolo, G Marano… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Stand age significantly influences the functioning of forest ecosystems by sha** structural
and physiological plant traits, affecting water and carbon budgets. Forest age distribution is …

Negative relationship between photosynthesis and late‐stage canopy development and senescence over Tibetan Plateau

F Meng, D Liu, Y Wang, S Wang… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Canopy greening, which is associated with significant canopy structure changes, is the most
notable signal of ecosystem changes in response to anthropogenic climate change …

Latest trends in modelling forest ecosystems: new approaches or just new methods?

JA Blanco, YH Lo - Current Forestry Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Forest models are becoming essential tools in forest research,
management, and policymaking but currently are under deep transformation. In this review …

Empirical and process-based models predict enhanced beech growth in European mountains under climate change scenarios: A multimodel approach

M Bosela, Á Rubio-Cuadrado, P Marcis… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Process-based models and empirical modelling techniques are frequently used to (i)
explore the sensitivity of tree growth to environmental variables, and (ii) predict the future …