From pattern to process: linking intrinsic water‐use efficiency to drought‐induced forest decline

JC Linares, JJ Camarero - Global Change Biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations (Ca) has been related to tree growth
enhancement and increasing intrinsic water‐use efficiency (iWUE). However, the extent that …

Contrasting growth forecasts across the geographical range of Scots pine due to altitudinal and latitudinal differences in climatic sensitivity

L Matías, JC Linares, Á Sánchez‐Miranda… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing changes in global climate are altering ecological conditions for many species. The
consequences of such changes are typically most evident at the edge of a species' …

Climate-driven growth dynamics and trend reversal of Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus cerris L. in a low-elevation beech forest in Central Italy

G Mazza, MC Monteverdi, S Altieri… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
In highly climate-change-sensitive regions, such as the Mediterranean, increasing
knowledge of climate-driven growth dynamics is required for habitat conservation and …

Altitudinal disparity in growth of Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii Rupr.) in response to recent climate change in northeast China

X Bai, X Zhang, J Li, X Duan, Y Jin, Z Chen - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Forests are sensitive to climate change at high altitude and high latitude. Dahurian larch
(Larix gmelinii Rupr.) has experienced an unprecedented forest retreat northward during the …

Complex long‐term dynamics of pollinator abundance in undisturbed Mediterranean montane habitats over two decades

CM Herrera - Ecological Monographs, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Current notions of “pollinator decline” and “pollination crisis” mainly arose from studies on
pollinators of economic value in anthropogenic ecosystems of mid‐latitude temperate …

Droughts and climate warming desynchronize Black pine growth across the Mediterranean Basin

G Sangüesa-Barreda, JJ Camarero… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effects of climate change on forest growth are not homogeneous across tree species
distribution ranges because of inter-population variability and spatial heterogeneity …

Tree growth response to drought partially explains regional‐scale growth and mortality patterns in Iberian forests

A Gazol, JJ Camarero… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree‐ring data has been widely used to inform about tree growth responses to drought at the
individual scale, but less is known about how tree growth sensitivity to drought scales up …

Assessing climate–growth relationships under contrasting stands of co-occurring Iberian pines along an altitudinal gradient

D Candel-Pérez, JC Linares, B Viñegla… - Forest Ecology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Current decreasing precipitation and increasing temperatures, together with the growing
likelihood of extreme drought events, may heighten the vulnerability of several tree …

Varying climate sensitivity at the dry distribution edge of Pinus sylvestris and P. nigra

A Herrero, A Rigling, R Zamora - Forest Ecology and Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Rear edge populations, those residing at the low-latitude margins of species ranges,
represent a critical genetic diversity for species conservation, management, and …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing the Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Forests: A Literature Review

G Bottaro, P Gatto, D Pettenella - Climate-Smart Forestry in …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
The effects of climate change are increasingly more visible on natural ecosystems. Being
mountain forest ecosystems among the most vulnerable and the most affected, they appear …