European forests under global climate change: Review of tree growth processes, crises and management strategies

Z Vacek, S Vacek, J Cukor - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The ongoing global climate change is challenging all sectors, forestry notwithstanding. On
the one hand, forest ecosystems are exposed to and threatened by climate change, but on …

Influence of nitrogen addition on the functional diversity and biomass of fine roots in warm-temperate and subtropical forests

W Li, W Wang, R Sun, M Li, H Liu, Y Shi, D Zhu… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Functional diversity strengthens species diversity and ecosystem function relationships;
however, in the case of mixed forests, the relationship between fine root biomass and …

Ecological classification can help with assisted plant migration in forestry, nature conservation, and landscape planning

A Kusbach, P Dujka, J Šebesta, P Lukeš… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapidly changing environmental conditions, especially climate warming, are triggering tree
species migration. Some species are expanding their range, others are limited in their ability …

Resilience of Spanish forests to recent droughts and climate change

S Khoury, DA Coomes - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A widespread increase in forest cover is underway in northern Mediterranean forests
because of land abandonment and decreased wood demand, but the resilience of these …

Adaption of Norway spruce and European beech forests under climate change: from resistance to close-to-nature silviculture

Z Vacek, S Vacek, J Slanař, L Bílek… - Central European …, 2019 - sciendo.com
In time of climate change, close-to-nature silviculture is growing in importance as a tool for
future forest management. The paper study the tree layer and natural regeneration of …

Urbanization impacts on vegetation phenology in China

Q Ren, C He, Q Huang, Y Zhou - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Urbanization can affect the ecological processes, local climate and human health in urban
areas by changing the vegetation phenology. In the past 20 years, China has experienced …

Evaluating recent and future climatic suitability for the cultivation of Norway spruce in the Czech Republic in comparison with observed tree cover loss between 2001 …

P Čermák, T Mikita, J Kadavý, M Trnka - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
The high portion of secondary Norway spruce in Central European forests constitutes a
major problem because a significant part of these forests is moving further away from their …

[PDF][PDF] Effectiveness of Natura 2000 system for habitat types protection: A case study from the Czech Republic

V Pechanec, I Machar, T Pohanka… - Nature …, 2018 - natureconservation.pensoft.net
In conservation biology, there is a general consensus that protected areas (PAs) are one of
the most effective tools for biodiversity protection. Worldwide, the area of PAs is continually …

Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula L.): Central Europe's keystone species 'hiding in plain sight'

A Kusbach, J Šebesta, R Hruban, P Peška, PC Rogers - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Knowledge of Eurasian aspen's (Populus tremula L.) ecological and growth characteristics
is of high importance to plant and wildlife community ecology, and noncommercial forest …

Age-Effect Radial Growth Responses of Picea schrenkiana to Climate Change in the Eastern Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China

L Jiao, Y Jiang, M Wang, W Zhang, Y Zhang - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
The climate changed from warm-dry to warm-wet during the 1960s in northwest China.
However, the effects of climate change on the response of radial growth from different age …