[HTML][HTML] The greater resilience of mixed forests to drought mainly depends on their composition: Analysis along a climate gradient across Europe

M Pardos, M Del Río, H Pretzsch, H Jactel… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite growing evidence that diverse forests play an important role in ecosystem
functioning, ensuring the provision of different ecosystem services, whether such diversity …

Distinct growth responses to drought for oak and beech in temperate mixed forests

M Vanhellemont, R Sousa-Silva, SL Maes… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Droughts are expected to become more intense and frequent. Mixed forests can be
more resilient to extreme events, but are the individual trees in mixed forests also more …

Tree neighbourhood diversity has negligible effects on drought resilience of European beech, silver fir and Norway spruce

L Gillerot, DI Forrester, A Bottero, A Rigling… - Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
Promoting tree species diversity is commonly advocated in the anticipation of predicted
increases in drought frequency and severity. However, mixing effects on drought responses …

Drought responses by individual tree species are not often correlated with tree species diversity in E uropean forests

DI Forrester, D Bonal, S Dawud… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Drought frequency and intensity are predicted to increase in many parts of the Northern
Hemisphere and the effects of such changes on forest growth and tree mortality are already …

[HTML][HTML] Different responses of multispecies tree ring growth to various drought indices across Europe

U Bhuyan, C Zang, A Menzel - Dendrochronologia, 2017 - Elsevier
Increasing frequency and intensity of drought extremes associated with global change are a
key challenge for forest ecosystems. Consequently, the quantification of drought effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Species mixing reduces drought susceptibility of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oak (Quercus robur L., Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.)–Site water supply …

M Steckel, M del Río, M Heym, J Aldea, K Bielak… - Forest Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tree species mixing has been widely promoted as a promising silvicultural tool for reducing
drought stress. However, so far only a limited number of species combinations have been …

Impacts of droughts on the growth resilience of Northern Hemisphere forests

A Gazol, JJ Camarero, WRL Anderegg… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The intensity and frequency of drought have increased considerably during recent
decades in some Northern Hemisphere forested areas, and future climate warming could …

Know your neighbours: drought response of Norway spruce, silver fir and Douglas fir in mixed forests depends on species identity and diversity of tree …

V Vitali, DI Forrester, J Bauhus - Ecosystems, 2018 - Springer
Norway spruce is a widely cultivated species in Central Europe; however, it is highly
susceptible to droughts, which are predicted to become more frequent in the future. A …

Forest resilience to drought varies across biomes

A Gazol, JJ Camarero… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasted increase drought frequency and severity may drive worldwide declines in forest
productivity. Species‐level responses to a drier world are likely to be influenced by their …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient regime modulates drought response patterns of three temperate tree species

G Schmied, T Hilmers, KH Mellert, E Uhl… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Against the backdrop of global change, the intensity, duration, and frequency of droughts are
projected to increase and threaten forest ecosystems worldwide. Tree responses to drought …