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Multiyear Drought Strengthens Positive and Negative Functional Diversity Effects on Tree Growth Response

open access: yesGlobal Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 9, September 2025.
Mixed‐species forests may help trees better cope with increasing drought stress under climate change. We analyzed tree‐ring growth from nearly 1000 trees across 16 species in 9 experimental plantations across Europe to understand how tree diversity influences drought responses.
Hernán Serrano‐León   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity in Resource Use Strategies Promotes Productivity in Young Planted Tree Species Mixtures

open access: yesGlobal Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 9, September 2025.
By analyzing data from over 83,000 trees in 21 experiments across five continents, we found that forests with more species were more productive and had more stable growth. Productivity was driven mainly by fast‐growing species with acquisitive traits, while slower‐growing species coexisted without major losses.
Joel Jensen   +51 more
wiley   +1 more source

The afterlife effects of leaf and root litter traits on soil N cycling

open access: yesJournal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 4, Page 913-930, April 2025.
The authors identified litter traits and litter types with afterlife effects on N cycling in soils and important implications for ecosystem functioning. Highly decomposable litters generally support a fast N release through mineralization, thereby the immediate supply of N to plants, but also potentially higher losses from the system, and long‐term ...
Janna Wambsganss   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opinion and report of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) relating to an analysis of the health risks associated with exposure to caterpillars with stinging hairs and the development of management recommendations

open access: yesFood Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2025.
Abstract Several species of Lepidoptera with caterpillars bearing urticating hairs are increasing their range in metropolitan France from year to year, such as the pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa Denis et Schiffermüller 1775) whose presence was historically limited to the south of France, and which is gradually being observed in the north ...
Nicolas Desneux   +105 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opinion and report of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) on the assessment of the impact of fox population dynamics on public health

open access: yesFood Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2025.
ABSTRACT The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) can be hunted as a game species. It may also be listed as a “species likely to cause damage” (ESOD – the acronym in French), for public health reasons among others. Conversely, benefits linked to the presence of foxes are also put forward, such as the predation of rodents carrying zoonotic agents.
Emmanuelle Gilot‐Fromont   +97 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a global understanding of tree mortality

open access: yesNew Phytologist, Volume 245, Issue 6, Page 2377-2392, March 2025.
Summary Rates of tree mortality are increasing globally, with implications for forests and climate. Yet, how and why these trends vary globally remain unknown. Developing a comprehensive assessment of global tree mortality will require systematically integrating data from ground‐based long‐term forest monitoring with large‐scale remote sensing.
International Tree Mortality Network   +114 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposure of wetlands important for nonbreeding waterbirds to sea‐level rise in the Mediterranean

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 6, December 2024.
Abstract Sea‐level rise (SLR) is expected to cause major changes to coastal wetlands, which are among the world's most vulnerable ecosystems and are critical for nonbreeding waterbirds. Because strategies for adaptation to SLR, such as nature‐based solutions and designation of protected areas, can locally reduce the negative effects of coastal flooding
Fabien Verniest   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Thinning Foster Forest Genetic Adaptation to Drought? A Demo‐Genetic Modelling Approach With Disturbance Regimes

open access: yesEvolutionary Applications, Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2024.
ABSTRACT In managed populations—whether for production or conservation—management practices can interfere with natural eco‐evolutionary processes, providing opportunities to mitigate immediate impacts of disturbances or enhance selection on tolerance traits.
Victor Fririon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought effects in Mediterranean forests are not alleviated by diversity‐driven water source partitioning

open access: yesJournal of Ecology, Volume 112, Issue 9, Page 2107-2122, September 2024.
Tree species diversity promotes below‐ground water source partitioning in mixed oak and pine stands, potentially reducing competition for water in more diverse ecosystems. Yet, these results show that it is insufficient to buffer the adverse impacts of severe droughts on above‐ground tree carbon and water use, leading to higher water stress, especially
Eugénie Mas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

[Emerging vectorial diseases: West Nile fever, Bluetongue and Schmallenberg]. [PDF]

open access: yesBull Acad Natl Med, 2020
Zientara S, Beck C, Lecollinet S.
europepmc   +1 more source

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