Lack of hydraulic recovery as a cause of post‐drought foliage reduction and canopy decline in European beech

M Arend, RM Link, C Zahnd, G Hoch, B Schuldt… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… carbon gains and depletion of carbohydrate reserves have been … trees suffering from high
loss of xylem hydraulic conductance. … impaired branch xylem function with reduced foliage …

Drought response of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)—A review

C Leuschner - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Beech suffers from recent growth reductions in large parts of … of the hydraulic and phloem
systems, adaptive responses of the fine … Yet, beech seems to maintain lower xanthophyll …

Sacrificing growth and maintaining a dynamic carbohydrate storage are key processes for promoting beech survival under prolonged drought conditions

PA Chuste, P Maillard, N Bréda, J Levillain, E Thirion… - Trees, 2020 - Springer
… such as hydraulic failure, carbon starvation, phloem dysfunction, … , beech trees exhibited a
drastic reduction in growth in both … is no longer possible, C depletion can exacerbate hydraulic

[HTML][HTML] From the comfort zone to crown dieback: sequence of physiological stress thresholds in mature European beech trees across progressive drought

L Walthert, A Ganthaler, S Mayr, M Saurer… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
… species distribution through impaired competitiveness. … To that end, we investigated the
hydraulics of beech trees … indicates that the soil was depleted strongly and homogeneously down …

Distinct Responses of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) to Drought Intensity and Length—A Review of the Impacts of the 2003 and 2018–2019 Drought Events in …

S Rukh, TGM Sanders, I Krüger, T Schad, A Bolte - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
… carbon depletion through reduced photosynthesis as well as … and hydraulic limitation on
impaired recovery of beech from … fir and beech benefitted in terms of stem diameter growth [158…

Groundwater extraction reduces tree vitality, growth and xylem hydraulic capacity in Quercus robur during and after drought events

G Skiadaresis, J Schwarz, K Stahl, J Bauhus - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
… that underlie this impaired growth performance particularly at the … to carbon depletion, hydraulic
failure and reduced defence … without groundwater extraction might suffer losses in growth

The emergent past: past natural and human disturbances of trees can reduce their present resistance to drought stress

H Pretzsch - European Journal of Forest Research, 2022 - Springer
beeches included in this study, I calculated the stem diameter… a depletion of the tree's reserve
pool in the past causing low … formation and reduced hydraulic conductivity under drought. …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term growth decline precedes sudden crown dieback of European beech

A Neycken, M Scheggia, C Bigler… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
… European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) has strongly suffered … , its hydraulic functioning and
carbon uptake can be impaired so … be a consequence of carbon depletion due to successive …

[PDF][PDF] Simulating tree growth response to climate change in structurally-complex oak and beech stands across Europe

L de Wergifosse - UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2021 - dial.uclouvain.be
… is the appearance of hydraulic failure and irreversible damage to … Dominant trees benefit
from a better light access but suffer … results less depend on recent cuttings or disturbances than …

Response to extreme events: do morphological differences affect the ability of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) to resist drought stress?

T Mathes, D Seidel, P Annighöfer - Forestry, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… trees are related to higher hydraulic stresses in situations with … would not have been affected
by any recent disturbances … could therefore assimilate more 13 C-depleted CO 2 , which is …