Carpathian Forests: Past and Recent Developments

D Kholiavchuk, W Gurgiser, S Mayr - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forests of the Carpathians are of increasing research interest, as they cover a large area (>
9 Mha) within European forests and are influenced by diverse environmental conditions and …

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 …

The Climatic Response of Tree Ring Width Components of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and Common Oak (Quercus robur L.) from Eastern Europe

CC Roibu, V Sfeclă, A Mursa, M Ionita, V Nagavciuc… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to develop the first differentiated (earlywood—EW, latewood—LW, and total
ring width—RW) dendrochronological series for ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and oak …

A review of oak dendrochronology in Eastern Europe

I Sochová, T Kolář, M Rybníček - Tree-Ring Research, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Over the recent decades, a many oak tree-ring width chronologies have been used for
archaeological, climatological and ecological studies, particularly across western, southern …

Drought-induced shift in tree response to climate in floodplain forests of Southeastern Europe

S Mikac, A Žmegač, D Trlin, V Paulić, M Oršanić… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Floodplain forests are the most rapidly disappearing ecosystem in the world, especially in
temperate regions of Europe where anthropogenic influence has been pronounced …

Evidence of declining trees resilience under long term heavy metal stress combined with climate change heating

C Nechita, AM Iordache, K Lemr, T Levanič… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Annually resolved tree rings enable us to distinguish past pollution and climate change
effects on chronic tree decline, which affects significant areas around the world. The aim of …

Growth Response of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Silver Fir (Abies alba Mill.) to Climate Factors along the Carpathian Massive

PC Adamič, T Levanič, M Hanzu, M Čater - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
European forests are becoming increasingly threatened by climate change and more
frequent droughts. The likely responses of species to climate change will vary, affecting their …

Stable oxygen isotopes in Romanian oak tree rings record summer droughts and associated large-scale circulation patterns over Europe

V Nagavciuc, M Ionita, A Perșoiu, I Popa, NJ Loader… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
We present the first annual oxygen isotope record (1900–2016) from the latewood (LW)
cellulose of oak trees (Quercus robur) from NW Romania. As expected, the results correlate …

Long-term radial growth and climate-growth relationships of Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. and Quercus cerris L. in a xeric low elevation site from Hungary

I Mészáros, B Adorján, B Nyitrai, P Kanalas, V Oláh… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Sessile oak (Quercus petraea [Matt.] Liebl.) and Turkey oak (Quercus cerris L.)
dominated mixed forests are common in low montane and hilly regions in Hungary. Here …

Soil properties are significant modifiers of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) radial increment variations and their sensitivity to drought

S Kostić, L Kesić, B Matović, S Orlović, S Stojnić… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil properties, drought, and the interaction between the two are significant, if unclear, driver
of radial growth variations. We observed that, soil properties exert a stronger effect on …