The threat of the combined effect of biotic and abiotic stress factors in forestry under a changing climate

DT Teshome, GE Zharare, S Naidoo - Frontiers in plant science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Plants encounter several biotic and abiotic stresses, usually in combination. This results in
major economic losses in agriculture and forestry every year. Climate change aggravates …

Forest tree species adaptation to climate across biomes: Building on the legacy of ecological genetics to anticipate responses to climate change

L Leites, M Benito Garzón - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific variation plays a critical role in extant and future forest responses to climate
change. Forest tree species with wide climatic niches rely on the intraspecific variation …

Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits

A Di Sacco, KA Hardwick, D Blakesley… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Urgent solutions to global climate change are needed. Ambitious tree‐planting initiatives,
many already underway, aim to sequester enormous quantities of carbon to partly …

Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change

A Arneth, YJ Shin, P Leadley… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Recent assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and
the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …

On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die‐off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene

CD Allen, DD Breshears, NG McDowell - Ecosphere, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Patterns, mechanisms, projections, and consequences of tree mortality and associated
broad‐scale forest die‐off due to drought accompanied by warmer temperatures—“hotter …

Challenges to the reforestation pipeline in the United States

J Fargione, DL Haase, OT Burney… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Large-scale global reforestation goals have been proposed to help mitigate climate change
and provide other ecosystem services. To explore reforestation potential in the United …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic considerations in ecosystem restoration using native tree species

E Thomas, R Jalonen, J Loo, D Boshier, L Gallo… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rehabilitation and restoration of forest ecosystems are in growing demand to tackle climate
change, biodiversity loss and desertification—major environmental problems of our time …

[HTML][HTML] Forests and decarbonization–roles of natural and planted forests

B Waring, M Neumann, IC Prentice… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The severe consequences of human disruptions to the global carbon cycle have prompted
intense interest in strategies to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Because growing …

Impacts of anthropogenic climate change on tropical montane forests: an appraisal of the evidence

EO Mata‐Guel, MCK Soh, CW Butler… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Advances and promises of epigenetics for forest trees

J Amaral, Z Ribeyre, J Vigneaud, MD Sow, R Fichot… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The importance of tree genetic variability in the ability of forests to respond and adapt to
environmental changes is crucial in forest management and conservation. Along with …