Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings

P Fonti, G von Arx, I García‐González… - New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Variability in xylem anatomy is of interest to plant scientists because of the role water
transport plays in plant performance and survival. Insights into plant adjustments to …

Interactions between growth, demography and biotic interactions in determining species range limits in a warming world: The case of Pinus sylvestris

L Matías, AS Jump - Forest ecology and management, 2012 - Elsevier
Changes in climate are affecting the distribution and status of species on a global scale,
through alteration of factors including their phenology, growth and ecological interactions …

Driving factors of a vegetation shift from Scots pine to pubescent oak in dry Alpine forests

A Rigling, C Bigler, B Eilmann… - Global Change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing number of studies have reported on forest declines and vegetation shifts
triggered by drought. In the Swiss Rhone valley (Valais), one of the driest inner‐Alpine …

The way back

A Gessler, A Bottero, J Marshall, M Arend - The New Phytologist, 2020 - JSTOR
Resilience is a key concept in ecology, describing the capacity of a system to resist a
disturbance, recover from it and return to a stable state (Lloret et al., 2011; Hodgson et al …

Effects of stand composition and tree size on resistance and resilience to drought in sessile oak and Scots pine

M Merlin, T Perot, S Perret, N Korboulewsky… - Forest Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The IPCC previsions for the upcoming decades include an increase in frequency and
intensity of drought events in several regions worldwide, including Northern Europe …

ROXAS–A new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers

G Von Arx, M Carrer - Dendrochronologia, 2014 - Elsevier
Measurements of tree-ring features (ring width, density, isotopes concentration, etc.) are well-
established proxies of environmental variability and, in particular, climate fluctuation at local …

Tree-growth analyses to estimate tree species' drought tolerance

B Eilmann, A Rigling - Tree physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is challenging forestry management and practices. Among other things, tree
species with the ability to cope with more extreme climate conditions have to be identified …

Drought alters timing, quantity, and quality of wood formation in Scots pine

B Eilmann, R Zweifel, N Buchmann… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Drought has been frequently discussed as a trigger for forest decline. Today, large-scale
Scots pine decline is observed in many dry inner-Alpine valleys, with drought discussed as …

Growth response to climate and drought in Pinus nigra Arn. trees of different crown classes

D Martín-Benito, P Cherubini, M Del Río, I Cañellas - Trees, 2008 - Springer
Tree-ring chronologies were examined to investigate the influence of climate on radial
growth of Pinus nigra in southeastern Spain. We addressed whether drought differentially …

[HTML][HTML] Tree species growth response to climate in mixtures of Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris across Europe-a dynamic, sensitive equilibrium

S Vospernik, M Heym, H Pretzsch, M Pach… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quercus robur/Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris are widely distributed and
economically important tree species in Europe co-occurring on mesotrophic, xeric and mesic …