Precipitation–productivity relationships and the duration of precipitation anomalies: an underappreciated dimension of climate change

AJ Felton, AK Knapp, MD Smith - Global Change Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In terrestrial ecosystems, climate change forecasts of increased frequencies and magnitudes
of wet and dry precipitation anomalies are expected to shift precipitation–net primary …

Non-native Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in Central Europe: Ecology, performance and nature conservation

FM Thomas, A Rzepecki, W Werner - Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Against the background of the ongoing climate change, forest science and Central-
European forest management need information about tree species that are suitable of …

Root functional traits are key determinants of the rhizosphere effect on soil organic matter decomposition across 14 temperate hardwood species

M Han, L Sun, D Gan, L Fu, B Zhu - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding plant roots induced changes in soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition, the
rhizosphere effect, is critical to predict soil carbon and nutrient cycling within and across …

Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models

I Maréchaux, F Langerwisch, A Huth… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the processes that shape forest functioning, structure, and diversity remains
challenging, although data on forest systems are being collected at a rapid pace and across …

樟子松固沙林林水关系研究进展及对营林实践的指导

党宏忠, 张学利, 韩辉, 石长春, 葛玉祥, 马全林… - 植物生态 …, 2022 - plant-ecology.com
中国有着世界上最大面积的人工林, 如何维持人工林的可持续性已成为气候变化背景下需要面对
的重大挑战. 樟子松(Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) 以其抗旱, 抗寒, 耐贫瘠等优良特性成为 …

Douglas fir growth is constrained by drought: delineating the climatic limits of timber species under seasonally dry conditions

A Gazol, C Valeriano, A Cantero, M Vergarechea… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is debate on which tree species can sustain forest ecosystem services in a drier and
warmer future. In Europe, the use of non-native timber species, such as Douglas fir …

Low forest productivity associated with increasing drought‐tolerant species is compensated by an increase in drought‐tolerance richness

R García‐Valdés, J Vayreda, J Retana… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many temperate forests are changing in composition due to a combination of changes in
land‐use, management and climate‐related disturbances. Previous research has shown …

Out of shape: Ocean acidification simplifies coral reef architecture and reshuffles fish assemblages

J Priest, CM Ferreira, PL Munday… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change stressors are progressively simplifying biogenic habitats in the terrestrial
and marine realms, and consequently altering the structure of associated species …

Tree richness increased biomass carbon sequestration and ecosystem stability of temperate forests in China: Interacted factors and implications

K Wang, D She, X Zhang, Y Wang, H Wen, J Yu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biodiversity loss and forest degradation have received increasing attention worldwide, and
their effects on forest biomass carbon storage and stability have not yet been well defined …

MEDFATE 2.8. 1: A trait-enabled model to simulate Mediterranean forest function and dynamics at regional scales

M De Cáceres, R Molowny-Horas… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
Regional-level applications of dynamic vegetation models are challenging because they
need to accommodate the variation in plant functional diversity, which requires moving away …