Sustainable Forest Operations (SFO): A new paradigm in a changing world and climate

E Marchi, W Chung, R Visser, D Abbas… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The effective implementation of sustainable forest management depends largely on carrying
out forest operations in a sustainable manner. Climate change, as well as the increasing …

Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought‐induced forest dieback

AS Jump, P Ruiz‐Benito, S Greenwood… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing climate change poses significant threats to plant function and distribution.
Increased temperatures and altered precipitation regimes amplify drought frequency and …

Increasing impacts of extreme droughts on vegetation productivity under climate change

C Xu, NG McDowell, RA Fisher, L Wei… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) is the basis of vegetation growth and food
production globally and plays a critical role in regulating atmospheric CO2 through its impact …

Long‐term climate and competition explain forest mortality patterns under extreme drought

DJN Young, JT Stevens, JM Earles, J Moore… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rising temperatures are amplifying drought‐induced stress and mortality in forests globally.
It remains uncertain, however, whether tree mortality across drought‐stricken landscapes …

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

CD Allen, AK Macalady, H Chenchouni… - Forest ecology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Greenhouse gas emissions have significantly altered global climate, and will continue to do
so in the future. Increases in the frequency, duration, and/or severity of drought and heat …

Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

M Urli, AJ Porté, H Cochard, Y Guengant… - Tree …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Hydraulic failure is one of the main causes of tree mortality in conditions of severe drought.
Resistance to cavitation is known to be strongly related to drought tolerance and species …

Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the western United States

PJ Van Mantgem, NL Stephenson, JC Byrne… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Persistent changes in tree mortality rates can alter forest structure, composition, and
ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration. Our analyses of longitudinal data from …

Differential responses to changes in growth temperature between trees from different functional groups and biomes: a review and synthesis of data

DA Way, R Oren - Tree physiology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The response of tree growth to a change in temperature may differ in predictable ways.
Trees with conservative growth strategies may have little ability to respond to a changing …

Rapid shifts in plant distribution with recent climate change

AE Kelly, ML Goulden - … of the national academy of sciences, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
A change in climate would be expected to shift plant distribution as species expand in newly
favorable areas and decline in increasingly hostile locations. We compared surveys of plant …

Biodiversity as a solution to mitigate climate change impacts on the functioning of forest ecosystems

M Hisano, EB Searle, HYH Chen - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Forest ecosystems are critical to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions through carbon
sequestration. However, climate change has affected forest ecosystem functioning in both …