Emergent insects, pathogens and drought shape changing patterns in oak decline in North America and Europe

LJ Haavik, SA Billings, JM Guldin… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Forest declines are well-studied phenomena. However, recent patterns suggest that the
traditional sequence of events and factors involved in forest decline are changing. Several …

The impact of climate change on disease in wild plant populations and communities

MJ Jeger - Plant Pathology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Disease in wild plant populations has received less attention from plant pathologists than
diseases of managed plants in agriculture, horticulture, and plantation forestry. Plant …

Microbiome and infectivity studies reveal complex polyspecies tree disease in Acute Oak Decline

S Denman, J Doonan, E Ransom-Jones… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Decline-diseases are complex and becoming increasingly problematic to tree health
globally. Acute Oak Decline (AOD) is characterized by necrotic stem lesions and galleries of …

Oak decline caused by biotic and abiotic factors in Central Europe: a case study from the Czech Republic

M Macháčová, O Nakládal, M Samek, D Baťa, V Zumr… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oak decline presenting symptoms of tracheomycosis have been observed globally over long
periods of time. Since the 1990s, oak decline has been considered to be a multifactorial …

Collapsing foundations: The ecology of the British oak, implications of its decline and mitigation options

RJ Mitchell, PE Bellamy, CJ Ellis, RL Hewison… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oak (Quercus spp.) is declining globally due to a variety of pests, pathogens and climate
change. Assessments of the impact of losing keystone species such as oak, should include …

Integrated multi-omic analysis of host-microbiota interactions in acute oak decline

M Broberg, J Doonan, F Mundt, S Denman… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Britain's native oak species are currently under threat from acute oak decline
(AOD), a decline-disease where stem bleeds overlying necrotic lesions in the inner bark and …

Diversity and conservation of saproxylic beetles in 42 European tree species: an experimental approach using early successional stages of branches

S Vogel, H Bussler, S Finnberg, J Müller… - Insect Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tree species diversity is important to maintain saproxylic beetle diversity in managed forests.
Yet, knowledge about the conservational importance of single tree species and implications …

Oak declines: Reviewing the evidence for causes, management implications and research gaps

RH Gosling, RW Jackson, M Elliot… - Ecological Solutions …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Oak decline is a complex disorder caused by multiple stressors. Although declines have
been observed across Europe since 1700, there is still a lot of uncertainty around the cause …

Worldwide review of bacterial diseases of oaks (Quercus sp.) and their potential threat to trees in Central Europe

M Tkaczyk - Forestry, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The phenomenon of hhh Europe has been observed for over 100 years. In this time, many
attempts have been made to describe this phenomenon considering biotic, abiotic and …

Drought-induced oak decline—factors involved, physiological dysfunctions, and potential attenuation by forestry practices

J Rodríguez-Calcerrada, D Sancho-Knapik… - … ecology. Exploring the …, 2017 - Springer
The increasing duration and intensity of drought is precipitating widespread episodes of
forest decline around the world, possibly in combination with other climatic (eg soil water …