The increase in abiotic and biotic stress driven by global change threatens forest
ecosystems and challenges understanding of mechanisms producing mortality …

Climate warming-related drought could become a major driver of large-scale forest dieback.
However, little is known about how past management legacies modulate the climate-growth …

Background and purpose A complex interplay between biotic and abiotic factors is believed
to be responsible for several oak declines in pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.). This study …

Tree mortality is a critical attribute of forest ecosystems. But the factors responsible for tree
mortality are poorly understood, particularly for trees in relatively healthy forests. I evaluated …

Forests respond to increasing intensities and frequencies of drought by reducing growth and
with higher tree mortality rates. Little is known, however, about the long‐term consequences …

Tree mortality rates are potential indicators of the impact of environmental stresses on
forests. But the relationship between environmental stress and tree mortality is poorly …

Recent forest diebacks, combined with threats of future drought, focus attention on the extent
to which tree death is caused by catastrophic events as opposed to chronic declines in …

The increasing duration and intensity of drought is precipitating widespread episodes of
forest decline around the world, possibly in combination with other climatic (eg soil water …

Decline of the oak forests decline in southern Sweden has been reported for more than two
decades. Little empirical data exists, however, to study the temporal pattern of the …

Forest dieback and mortality events induced by drought stress are widely reported.
However, few studies have jointly examined the role played by drought on growth and …