No future growth enhancement expected at the northern edge for European beech due to continued water limitation

S Klesse, RL Peters, R Alfaro‐Sánchez… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on
forest ecosystems with negative impacts on tree growth, vitality, and survival. How individual …

Coping with extremes: Responses of Quercus robur L. and Fagus sylvatica L. to soil drought and elevated vapour pressure deficit

M Niemczyk, P Wrzesiński, I Szyp-Borowska… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change, particularly droughts and heat waves, significantly impacts global
photosynthesis and forest ecosystem sustainability. To understand how trees respond to and …

Major tree species of Central European forests differ in their proportion of positive, negative, and nonstationary growth trends

J Kašpar, J Tumajer, J Altman… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Temperate forests are undergoing significant transformations due to the influence of climate
change, including varying responses of different tree species to increasing temperature and …

The effects of geomorphology, soil and climate on the trajectory of aboveground biomass accumulation of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at the southern range margin

F Latterini, Ł Pawlik, W Stefanoni, MK Dyderski - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Forest ecosystems are among the most important carbon sinks in the terrestrial biomes.
Therefore, the estimation of aboveground biomass accumulation is of fundamental …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity analysis of the FullCAM model: Context dependency and implications for model development to predict Australia's forest carbon stocks

DI Forrester, JR England, KI Paul, SH Roxburgh - Ecological Modelling, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In Australia, the Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM) is used by the Australian
Government for international reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and to predict carbon …

Contrasting Future Growth of Norway Spruce and Scots Pine Forests Under Warming Climate

E Martinez del Castillo, MCA Torbenson… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Forests are essential to climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration,
transpiration, and turnover. However, the quantification of climate change impacts on forest …

Impact of various microplastics on the morphological characteristics and nutrition of the young generation of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

J Lasota, E Błońska, M Kempf, P Kempf, S Tabor - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Microplastics have the capacity to accumulate in soil due to their high resistance to
degradation, consequently altering soil properties and influencing plant growth. This study …

Decomposing benefits: Examining the impact of beech deadwood on soil properties and microbial diversity

E Błońska, R Ważny, A Górski, J Lasota - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Deadwood is an important element of forest ecosystems that affects many of its components,
including the soil environment. Our research is an attempt to determine the role of decaying …

Climate growth limitations of European beech and silver fir along the Carpathian arc–the recent state and future prospects

J Kašpar, K Král, T Levanič, PC Adamič… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2025 - Elsevier
Changing temperature and precipitation patterns are shaping tree climate-growth limitations.
The influence of climate change affects individual tree species differently, and can also differ …

Estimating the optimal vegetation coverage for the dominant tree and shrub species over China's northwest drylands

Z Zhang, X Jia, P Zhu, M Huang, L Ren… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
Anthropogenic revegetation is an effective way to control soil erosion and restore degraded
ecosystems in China's northwest drylands (NWD). However, excessive vegetation cover …