Climate change is shifting the growing seasons of plants, affecting species performance and biogeochemical cycles. Yet how the timing of autumn leaf senescence in Northern …
As the climate changes, warmer spring temperatures are causing earlier leaf-out,–and commencement of CO2 uptake, in temperate deciduous forests, resulting in a tendency …
C Körner, P Möhl, E Hiltbrunner - Ecology Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
What is addressed as growing season in terrestrial ecosystems is one of the main determinants of annual plant biomass production globally. However, there is no well …
RL Peters, K Steppe, C Pappas, R Zweifel… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trees remain sufficiently hydrated during drought by closing stomata and reducing canopy conductance (G c) in response to variations in atmospheric water demand and soil water …
Forests account for nearly 90% of the world's terrestrial biomass in the form of carbon and they support 80% of the global biodiversity. To understand the underlying forest dynamics …
The impact of climate extremes on forest ecosystems is poorly understood but important for predicting carbon and water cycle feedbacks to climate. Some knowledge gaps still remain …
A Neycken, M Scheggia, C Bigler… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) has strongly suffered from the exceptional 2018 drought and subsequent dry years that hit Central Europe. While many trees showed severe …
With climate change, the frequency and duration of droughts are increasing, strongly impacting forest ecosystems. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the factors influencing …
Ongoing climate warming is increasing evapotranspiration, a process that reduces plant- available water and aggravates the impact of extreme droughts during the growing season …