Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2022 The growth of past, present, and future forests was, is and will be affected by climate variability. This multifaceted relationship has been assessed in several regional studies, but spatially resolved, large-scale analyses are largely missing so far ...
Martinez Del Castillo E +47 more
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Fungi Associated With Woody Tissues of European Beech and Their Impact on Tree Health [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Filamentous fungi associated with woody tissues of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) and isolated from diseased trees and healthy trees were examined in relation to their impact on tree health.
Gitta Jutta Langer, Johanna Bußkamp
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European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland. [PDF]
Plant Biol (Stuttg), 2022 During the particularly severe hot summer drought in 2018, widespread premature leaf senescence was observed in several broadleaved tree species in Central Europe, particularly in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.).
Frei ER +14 more
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Lack of hydraulic recovery as a cause of post-drought foliage reduction and canopy decline in European beech. [PDF]
New Phytol, 2022 Summary European beech (Fagus sylvatica) was among the most affected tree species during the severe 2018 European drought. It not only suffered from instant physiological stress but also showed severe symptoms of defoliation and canopy decline in the ...
Arend M +5 more
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Regeneration in European beech forests after drought: the effects of microclimate, deadwood and browsing. [PDF]
Eur J For Res, 2023 With progressing climate change, increasing weather extremes will endanger tree regeneration. Canopy openings provide light for tree establishment, but also reduce the microclimatic buffering effect of forests.
Thom D +11 more
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Climate Change Impairs Nitrogen Cycling in European Beech Forests.
PLoS ONE, 2016 European beech forests growing on marginal calcareous soils have been proposed to be vulnerable to decreased soil water availability. This could result in a large-scale loss of ecological services and economical value in a changing climate.
Michael Dannenmann +13 more
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Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2022 The mechanistic pathways connecting ocean-atmosphere variability and terrestrial productivity are well-established theoretically, but remain challenging to quantify empirically.
Dorado-Liñán I +54 more
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Soil water availability and branch age explain variability in xylem safety of European beech in Central Europe. [PDF]
Oecologia, 2022 Xylem embolism resistance has been identified as a key trait with a causal relation to drought-induced tree mortality, but not much is known about its intra-specific trait variability (ITV) in dependence on environmental variation.
Weithmann G +5 more
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Environmental variation drives continental-scale synchrony of European beech reproduction. [PDF]
Ecology, 2021 Spatial synchrony is the tendency of spatially separated populations to display similar temporal fluctuations. Synchrony affects regional ecosystem functioning, but it remains difficult to disentangle its underlying mechanisms. We leveraged regression on
Michał Bogdziewicz +3 more
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Soil erodibility in European mountain beech forests [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2021 Forests in Europe are currently not endangered by soil erosion. However, this can change with climate change or with intensified forest management practices. Using a newly established network of plots in beech forests across Europe, the aims of this study were to (i) distinguish soil properties and erodibility indices in relation to bedrock, (ii ...
Kašanin-Grubin, Milica +28 more
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