Tree crown defoliation in forest monitoring: concepts, findings, and new perspectives for a physiological approach in the face of climate change

F Bussotti, N Potočić, V Timmermann… - … Journal of Forest …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recurrent climate-driven disturbances impact on the health of European forests that reacted
with increased tree dieback and mortality over the course of the last four decades. There is …

Toward the genetic improvement of drought tolerance in conifers: An integrated approach

P Baldi, N La Porta - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
The constant rise in the global temperature and unpredictable shifts in precipitation patterns
are two of the main effects of climate change. Therefore, there is an increasing amount of …

Warming may extend tree growing seasons and compensate for reduced carbon uptake during dry periods

C Grossiord, C Bachofen, J Gisler, E Mas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Warming and drought alter plant phenology, photosynthesis and growth with important
consequences for the global carbon cycle and the earth's climate. Yet, few studies have …

Inner bark as a crucial tissue for non‐structural carbohydrate storage across three tropical woody plant communities

JA Rosell, FI Piper, C Jiménez‐Vera… - Plant, Cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐structural carbohydrates (NSC) are crucial for forest resilience, but little is known
regarding the role of bark in NSC storage. However, bark's abundance in woody stems and …

Nonstructural carbohydrates explain post-fire tree mortality and recovery patterns

CC Reed, SM Hood - Tree Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Trees use nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) to support many functions, including recovery
from disturbances. However, NSC's importance for recovery following fire and whether NSC …

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Non-Structural Carbohydrates in Faxon Fir (Abies fargesii var. faxoniana), Subalpine Mountains of Southwest China

S Pan, SA Anees, X Li, X Yang, X Duan, Z Li - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Non-structural carbohydrates'(NSCs) allocation pattern is closely related to environmental
factors, plant metabolism, and xylem function. At the same time, we know little about whole …

The North American Monsoon buffers forests against the ongoing megadrought in the Southwestern United States

BM Strange, RK Monson, P Szejner… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The US Southwest has been entrenched in a two‐decade‐long megadrought (MD), the most
severe since 800 CE, which threatens the long‐term vitality and persistence of regional …

Anatomical distribution of starch in the stemwood influences carbon dynamics and suggests storage‐growth trade‐offs in some tropical trees

D Herrera‐Ramírez, H Hartmann… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trees balance temporal asynchrony in carbon source and sink activity by accumulating and
using non‐structural carbon (NSC). Previous work has demonstrated differences in the …

Nonstructural carbohydrates predict survival in saplings of temperate trees under carbon stress

FI Piper, P Moreno‐Meynard, A Fajardo - Functional Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) mediate plant survival when the plant's carbon (C)
balance is negative, suggesting that NSCs could predict plant survival under C stress. To …

Carbon dynamics in long-term starving poplar trees—the importance of older carbohydrates and a shift to lipids during survival

J Helm, J Muhr, B Hilman, A Kahmen… - Tree …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Carbon (C) assimilation can be severely impaired during periods of environmental stress,
like drought or defoliation, making trees heavily dependent on the use of C reserve pools for …