The accelerating global rate of species extinctions and the inevitable human impacts on
biodiversity have increased the need to conserve, restore and use ecosystems sustainably …

Forests of the Carpathians are of increasing research interest, as they cover a large area (>
9 Mha) within European forests and are influenced by diverse environmental conditions and …

Aim An increase in conifer mortality has been observed widely across the boreal forest
biome. We investigate the causes of this mortality, in addition to the geospatial and temporal …

The increasing demand for innovative forest management strategies to adapt to and mitigate
climate change and benefit forest production, the so-called Climate-Smart Forestry, calls for …

Forest ecosystems in Europe undergo cyclic fluctuations with alternating periods of forest
prosperity and disturbances. Forest disturbances are caused by large-scale calamities …

Climate change alters the seasonal synchronization between plants and respective pests
plus pathogens. The geographical infiltration helps to shift their hosts, resulting in novel …

Climate change will alter forest ecosystems and their provisioning of services. Forests in the
Carpathian Mountains store high amounts of carbon and provide livelihoods to local people; …

The growth and survival of trees in the Siberian Mountains are experiencing a strong
influence on climate warming. We analyzed Siberian pine (SP, Pinus sibirica) growth within …

Future provisioning of ecosystem services (ES) from mountain forests is uncertain due to
potential impacts of climate change. For a case study catchment in the Eastern Alps in …

Abstract Key message The Picea abies dendromass production can be replaced by
introduced spruce species where the Picea omorika showed the highest biomass production …