Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

Forests provide many environmental services, especially those related to the water cycle. In
semiarid areas where water is a limiting factor for ecosystem functioning, forested areas can …

Currently, there is no consensus regarding the way that changes in climate will affect boreal
forest growth, where warming is occurring faster than in other biomes. Some studies suggest …

Competition plays a key role controlling tree growth in mixed forests. Contrary to
monocultures, quantifying species mixing influence on tree growth suppose a challenge …

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 …

Soil vegetation atmosphere transport (SVAT) models are important for the quantification of
water fluxes, soil water availability, drought stress and their uncertainties under climate …

In this study we analysed a novel tree-growth dataset, inferred from annual ring-width
measurements, of 7 forest tree species from 12 mountain regions in Greece, in order to …

Flow in a karst system in Lebanon (Important water supply source; Assal Spring; discharge
0.2–2.5 m 3/s yearly volume of 22–30 Mm 3), which is dominated by snow and semi-arid …

Increasing anthropogenic pressure leads to loss of habitat through deforestation and
degradation in tropical forests. While deforestation can be monitored relatively easily, forest …

Questions Knowledge of how extreme drought events induce plant dieback and, eventually,
plant mortality, may improve our forecasting of ecosystem change according to future climate …