A review of measuring ecosystem resilience to disturbance

C Yi, N Jackson - Environmental Research Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Resilience is the central concept for understanding how an ecosystem responds to a strong
perturbation, and is related to other concepts used to analyze system properties in the face …

Climate-induced global forest shifts due to heatwave-drought

F Lloret, E Batllori - Ecosystem collapse and climate change, 2021 - Springer
Episodes of forest mortality attributed to extreme climate variability (eg droughts, heatwaves)
associated with climate change are increasingly reported in most biomes. The severity and …

[HTML][HTML] Species diversity and competition have minor effects on the growth response of silver fir, European larch and Douglas fir to drought

JC de Sauvage, H Bugmann, C Bigler… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
With climate change, the frequency and duration of droughts are increasing, strongly
impacting forest ecosystems. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the factors influencing …

Climate warming induced synchronous growth decline in Norway spruce populations across biogeographical gradients since 2000

M Bosela, J Tumajer, E Cienciala, L Dobor… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Covering large parts of Europe, Norway spruce (Picea abies L Karst.) plays an important
role in the adaptation strategy of forest services to future climate change. Although …

No future growth enhancement expected at the northern edge for European beech due to continued water limitation

S Klesse, RL Peters, R Alfaro‐Sánchez… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on
forest ecosystems with negative impacts on tree growth, vitality, and survival. How individual …

Tree neighbourhood diversity has negligible effects on drought resilience of European beech, silver fir and Norway spruce

L Gillerot, DI Forrester, A Bottero, A Rigling… - Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
Promoting tree species diversity is commonly advocated in the anticipation of predicted
increases in drought frequency and severity. However, mixing effects on drought responses …

Early warning signals indicate climate change-induced stress in Norway spruce in the Eastern Carpathians

A Popa, E van der Maaten, I Popa… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is affecting forest ecosystems globally, in particular through warming as well
as increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme events. Norway spruce (Picea abies …

Evidence of elevation-specific growth changes of spruce, fir, and beech in European mixed mountain forests during the last three centuries

H Pretzsch, T Hilmers, P Biber… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
In Europe, mixed mountain forests, primarily comprised of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.)
Karst.), silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), cover about 10× …

Close-to-nature management effects on tree growth and soil moisture in Mediterranean mixed forests

E Collado, M Piqué, J Coello, J de-Dios-García… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the rising frequency of drought events, close-to-nature principles appear to be a
suitable management option for promoting more adapted forests by increasing diversity and …

Changing patterns of natural dynamics in old-growth European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests can inspire forest management in Central Europe

L Kulla, J Roessiger, M Bošeľa, S Kucbel… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
European beech is the dominant native tree species in sub-mountain and mountain zones of
the European continent and provides multiple ecosystem services to European society …