When tree rings go global: Challenges and opportunities for retro-and prospective insight

F Babst, P Bodesheim, N Charney, AD Friend… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The demand for large-scale and long-term information on tree growth is increasing rapidly
as environmental change research strives to quantify and forecast the impacts of continued …

Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth

A Cabon, SA Kannenberg, A Arain, F Babst… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Uncertainties surrounding tree carbon allocation to growth are a major limitation to
projections of forest carbon sequestration and response to climate change. The prevalence …

Twentieth century redistribution in climatic drivers of global tree growth

F Babst, O Bouriaud, B Poulter, V Trouet… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Energy and water limitations of tree growth remain insufficiently understood at large
spatiotemporal scales, hindering model representation of interannual or longer-term …

Turgor–a limiting factor for radial growth in mature conifers along an elevational gradient

RL Peters, K Steppe, HE Cuny, DJW De Pauw… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A valid representation of intra‐annual wood formation processes in global vegetation
models is vital for assessing climate change impacts on the forest carbon stock. Yet, wood …

Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability

PA Zuidema, F Babst, P Groenendijk, V Trouet… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Interannual variability in the global land carbon sink is strongly related to variations in
tropical temperature and rainfall. This association suggests an important role for moisture …

Impacts of extreme summers on European ecosystems: a comparative analysis of 2003, 2010 and 2018

A Bastos, Z Fu, P Ciais… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In Europe, three widespread extreme summer drought and heat (DH) events have occurred
in 2003, 2010 and 2018. These events were comparable in magnitude but varied in their …

Recent advances in dendroclimatology in China

M He, B Yang, A Bräuning, S Rossi, FC Ljungqvist… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Considerable progress has been made in dendroclimatological research in China during
the period 2000–2017, including a significant increase in the spatial coverage of tree-ring …

Tree growth influenced by warming winter climate and summer moisture availability in northern temperate forests

JE Harvey, M Smiljanić, T Scharnweber… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The role of future forests in global biogeochemical cycles will depend on how different tree
species respond to climate. Interpreting the response of forest growth to climate change …

Temperature and water potential co‐limit stem cambial activity along a steep elevational gradient

A Cabon, RL Peters, P Fonti, J Martínez‐Vilalta… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Efforts to develop mechanistic tree growth models are hindered by the uncertainty of
whether and when tree growth responses to environmental factors are driven by carbon …

Accuracy, realism and general applicability of European forest models

M Mahnken, M Cailleret, A Collalti, C Trotta… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Forest models are instrumental for understanding and projecting the impact of climate
change on forests. A considerable number of forest models have been developed in the last …