In many parts of the world forest disturbance regimes have intensified recently, and future
climatic changes are expected to amplify this development further in the coming decades …

Context Since the nineteenth century, rural areas have experienced progressive
abandonment mostly due to socioeconomic changes, with direct and indirect effects on …

Over the last decades, the natural disturbance is increasingly putting pressure on European
forests. Shifts in disturbance regimes may compromise forest functioning and the continuous …

Forests provide a series of ecosystem services that are crucial to our society. In the
European Union (EU), forests account for approximately 38% of the total land surface. These …

Disturbances from wind, bark beetles and wildfires have increased in Europe's forests
throughout the twentieth century. Climatic changes were identified as a key driver behind …

Quantification of global forest change has been lacking despite the recognized importance
of forest ecosystem services. In this study, Earth observation satellite data were used to map …

The provisioning of ecosystem services to society is increasingly under pressure from global
change. Changing disturbance regimes are of particular concern in this context due to their …

Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue
facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change …

Europe was affected by an extreme drought in 2018, compounding with an extensive heat
wave in the same and subsequent years. Here we provide a first assessment of the impacts …

Key message Climate change is posing a considerable challenge to foresters. The intensity
of required adaptive measures and the relevance of old-growth forests as benchmark for …