Drought legacies are short, prevail in dry conifer forests and depend on growth variability

A Gazol, JJ Camarero, R Sánchez‐Salguero… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The negative impacts of drought on forest growth and productivity last for several years
generating legacies, although the factors that determine why such legacies vary across sites …

Vegetation Index Research on the Basis of Tree-Ring Data: Current Status and Prospects

T Zhang, J Song, Y Fan, Y Liu, S Yu, D Guo, T Hou… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and tree-ring parameters are commonly
used indicators in the research on forest ecology and responses to climate change. This …

Variability in tree-ring width and NDVI responses to climate at a landscape level

J Mašek, J Tumajer, J Lange, R Kaczka, P Fišer… - Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
Inter-annual climatically driven growth variability of above-ground biomass compartments
(for example, tree stems and foliage) controls the intensity of carbon sequestration into forest …

The interplay of the tree and stand-level processes mediate drought-induced forest dieback: evidence from complementary remote sensing and tree-ring approaches

D Moreno-Fernández, JJ Camarero, M García… - Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
Drought-induced forest dieback can lead to a tipping point in community dominance, but the
coupled response at the tree and stand-level response has not been properly addressed …

Partial asynchrony of coniferous forest carbon sources and sinks at the intra-annual time scale

R Silvestro, M Mencuccini, R García-Valdés… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As major terrestrial carbon sinks, forests play an important role in mitigating climate change.
The relationship between the seasonal uptake of carbon and its allocation to woody …

Declines in canopy greenness and tree growth are caused by combined climate extremes during drought-induced dieback

M Castellaneta, A Rita, JJ Camarero… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several dieback episodes triggered by droughts are revealing the high vulnerability of
Mediterranean forests, manifested as declines in growth, increased defoliation, and rising …

Assessing Forest Vulnerability to Climate Change Combining Remote Sensing and Tree-Ring Data: Issues, Needs and Avenues

SSP Italiano, JJ Camarero, M Colangelo, M Borghetti… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forests around the world are facing climate change. Increased drought stress and severe
heat waves in recent decades have negatively impacted on forest health, making them more …

Drought sensitiveness on forest growth in peninsular Spain and the Balearic Islands

M Peña-Gallardo, SM Vicente-Serrano, JJ Camarero… - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
Drought is one of the key natural hazards impacting net primary production and tree growth
in forest ecosystems. Nonetheless, tree species show different responses to drought events …

Importance of the legacy effect for assessing spatiotemporal correspondence between interannual tree-ring width and remote sensing products in the Sierra Nevada

CYS Wong, DJN Young, AM Latimer… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon uptake and tree growth are important factors for assessing productivity and long-
term carbon storage. Measurements of radial stem growth are mainly performed at the …

Tree growth response to drought partially explains regional‐scale growth and mortality patterns in Iberian forests

A Gazol, JJ Camarero… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree‐ring data has been widely used to inform about tree growth responses to drought at the
individual scale, but less is known about how tree growth sensitivity to drought scales up …