As global climate becomes warmer, the maintenance of the structure and function of
Mediterranean forests constitutes a key challenge to forest managers. Despite the need for …

Increasing frequency of extremely dry and hot summers in some regions emphasise the
need for silvicultural approaches to increase the drought tolerance of existing forests in the …

Key message Under severe drought, growth of Norway spruce suffered much more than
European beech. Norway spruce benefited from growing in the environment of beech, and …

Abstract In the Iberian Peninsula, Oak Decline (hereafter, OD) is becoming a serious and
frequently occurring disease in Mediterranean oaks. Decline processes seem to involve …

Understanding whether tree growth is limited by carbon gain (source limitation) or by the
direct effect of environmental factors such as water deficit or temperature (sink limitation) is …

The Mediterranean evergreen oak coppices of Southern Europe are increasingly vulnerable
to drought because of both the ongoing climate change that increases drought length and …

Like many midlatitude ecosystems, Mediterranean forests will suffer longer and more
intense droughts with the ongoing climate change. The responses to drought in long‐lived …

Severe droughts may increase physiological stress on long-lived woody vegetation,
occasionally leading to rapid defoliation and progressive increase in mortality of overstorey …

In the Mediterranean region most climatic forecasts predict longer and more intense drought
periods that can affect tree growth and mortality over broad geographic regions. One of the …

Increasing drought caused by the ongoing climate change, and forest management by
thinning that aims at mitigating its impact, may modify the current relationships between …