Increasing durations and frequencies of droughts under climate change endanger the
sustainable functioning of forests worldwide. The admixture of species with complementary …

Grasslands are structurally and functionally controlled by water availability. Ongoing global
change is threatening the sustainability of grassland ecosystems through chronic alterations …

Recent studies have identified strong relationships between delayed recovery of tree growth
after drought and tree mortality caused by subsequent droughts. These observations raise …

Resilience has emerged as a key concept in ecology and conservation biology to
understand and predict ecosystem responses to global change. In its broadest sense …

Severe droughts limit tree growth and forest productivity worldwide, a phenomenon which is
expected to aggravate over the next decades. However, how drought intensity and climatic …

Forests are undergoing increasing risks of drought-induced tree mortality. Species
replacement patterns following mortality may have a significant impact on the global carbon …

Dryland riparian woodlands are considered to be locally buffered from droughts by shallow
and stable groundwater levels. However, climate change is causing more frequent and …

Drought is a crucial factor regulating vegetation growth on the Mongolian Plateau (MP).
Previous studies of drought effects on the MP have mainly concentrated on drought …

There is great interest in determining the effects of forest thinning as a tool to improve growth
recovery from drought in different tree species and climatic conditions. However, we lack a …

A recent increase in the intensity and frequency of climate extremes under global warming is
likely to continue to cause unprecedented rates of forest dieback in different habitats around …