Ongoing climate change poses significant threats to plant function and distribution.
Increased temperatures and altered precipitation regimes amplify drought frequency and …

Forests are essential in regulating global carbon and water cycles and are critical in
mitigating climate change. Water-use efficiency, defined by the ratio of plant productivity per …

Biogeographical and ecological theory suggests that species distributions should be driven
to higher altitudes and latitudes as global temperatures rise. Such changes occur as growth …

Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

Ongoing climate change is modifying climatic conditions worldwide, with a trend towards
drier conditions in most regions. Vegetation will respond to these changes, eventually …

Tree mortality is a key process underlying forest dynamics and community assembly.
Understanding how tree mortality is driven by simultaneous drivers is needed to evaluate …

Plant water status and hydraulics were measured in six woody angiosperms growing in a
karstic woodland, during an extreme summer drought. Our aim was to take advantage of an …

Aim Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems serve as reference laboratories for the
investigation of global change because of their transitional climate, the high spatiotemporal …

Global climate change poses significant threats to ecosystems worldwide, particularly
impacting long-lived forest tree species such as Pinus nigra. This study assessed the …

The southernmost European natural and planted pine forests are among the most
vulnerable areas to warming-induced drought decline. Both drought stress and …