Temperate forests in northeast Asia are crucial to maintaining biodiversity conservation and
ecological security. Under the background of global warming and drought, it is of great …

The climate response and resilience of tree growth to drought events have been widely
reported for forests from the Northern Hemisphere. However, studies are much scarcer in the …

Moderate-resolution satellite imagery is essential to detect conifer tree decline on a regional
scale and address the threat caused by pinewood nematode (PWN),(Bursaphelenchus …

Abstract Purpose of Review The capacity of woody plants to cope with climate change
depends on their adjustments to changing environmental conditions by phenotypic plasticity …

Mycorrhizal fungi can help plants to cope with drought, but research on the fungal
communities that are more resistant to drought or alleviate drought stress of trees is still …

The 2009/2010 extreme drought in southwest China (SWC) was a “once-in-a-century”
drought event, which caused unprecedented damage to the regional ecology and …

Tree improvement programs often focus on improving productivity-related traits; however,
under present climate change scenarios, climate change-related (adaptive) traits should …

Understanding how trees prioritize carbon gain at the cost of drought vulnerability under
severe drought conditions is crucial for predicting which genetic groups and individuals will …

Aim Temperate forests are currently facing multiple stresses due to climate change,
biological invasions, habitat fragmentation and fire regime change. How these stressors …

Drought-induced forest canopy die-back and tree mortality have been commonly recorded in
the lithoid mountainous regions of northern China. However, the capacity of trees to regulate …