Abstract Purpose of Review Forests play an essential role in conserving pollinating insects
and supporting pollination services in mixed-use landscapes and are particularly important …

Aim Climate change challenges temperate forest trees by increasingly irregular precipitation
and rising temperatures. Due to long generation cycles, trees cannot quickly adapt …

Forest community structure and function in climate-sensitive regions exhibit uncertain
changes under the influence of global warming. Especially in northern Central Asia, the …

Abstract Background and Aims There is growing interest in the functional ecology of
poikilohydric non-vascular photoautotrophs (NVPs), including 'cryptogamic'bryophytes and …

Leaf fall in the autumn opens the forest canopy, allowing more solar radiation to be
transmitted to the forest floor. Those understorey species that remain physiologically active …

Key message Studied beech provenances showed different patterns of inter-annual
variability in mean vessel area and ring widths, indicating influence of intraspecific variability …

Simulating the timing of leaf fall in large scale is crucial for accurate estimation of ecosystem
carbon sequestration. However, the limited understanding of leaf senescence mechanisms …

The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity. To date,
these boundaries have mostly been investigated separately, and it is unclear whether …

Aim Controlled experiments are increasingly important for investigating how and to what
degree plant phenology responds to global climate change. Current experiments underline …

Accurate monitoring of leaf phenology, from individual trees to entire ecosystems, is vital for
understanding and modeling forest carbon and water cycles, as well as assessing climate …