A combined severe heatwave and drought, starting in 2018 and lasting for several months, restarted the discussion on the resistance of European beech to climatic changes, with …
Climate warming is predicted to extend the duration and enhance the severity of summer droughts in Central Europe, which may pose a serious risk to forest productivity and forest …
Key message In the center of the species' distribution range in Germany, European beech stands show continued climate-change-related growth decline since the 1980s at low …
The paper presents information on the projected drought exposure of Central Europe, describes the anticipated dynamics of the regional forests, and identifies measures …
Forests worldwide are increasingly exposed to extreme weather events. Drought deteriorates the health, structure, and functioning of forests, which can lead to reduced …
H Walentowski, W Falk, T Mette, J Kunz… - Annals of Forest …, 2017 - afrjournal.org
We compared results derived using three different approaches to assess the suitability of common tree species on the Franconian Plateau in southern Germany under projected …
Purpose Droughts are expected to become more intense and frequent. Mixed forests can be more resilient to extreme events, but are the individual trees in mixed forests also more …
Mixedwoods are increasingly becoming one of the major focuses in ecological modelling studies, due to their higher productivity and resiliency compared to monocultures. In this …
This paper aims to develop the first differentiated (earlywood—EW, latewood—LW, and total ring width—RW) dendrochronological series for ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and oak …