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1. Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition alters growth responses of European beech (Fagus sylvativa L.) to climate change

Author:
Carsten Hess; Thomas Niemeyer; Andreas Fichtner; Kirstin Jansen; Matthias Kunz; Moritz Maneke; Henrik von Wehrden; Markus Quante; David Walmsley; Goddert von Oheimb; Werner Härdtle
Source:
Environmental pollution 2018 v.233 pp. 92-98
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica; carbon sequestration; climate change; climatic factors; dieback; dry matter partitioning; fine roots; forest ecosystems; forests; growth rings; long term effects; models; nitrogen; stand characteristics; temperature; tree age; tree growth; trees
Abstract:
... Global change affects the functioning of forest ecosystems and the services they provide, but little is known about the interactive effects of co-occurring global change drivers on important functions such as tree growth and vitality. In the present study we quantified the interactive (i.e. synergistic or antagonistic) effects of atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition and climatic variables (temperat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.024

2. Climate, streamflow, and legacy effects on growth of riparian Populus angustifolia in the arid San Luis Valley, Colorado

Author:
Douglas C. Andersen
Source:
Journal of arid environments 2016 v.134 pp. 104-121
ISSN:
0140-1963
Subject:
Populus angustifolia; aquifers; basins; climate change; climatic factors; dieback; drought; dry environmental conditions; models; rain; stream channels; stream flow; summer; trees; vigor; water management; water supply; water table; Colorado
Abstract:
... Knowledge of the factors affecting the vigor of desert riparian trees is important for their conservation and management. I used multiple regression to assess effects of streamflow and climate (12–14 years of data) or climate alone (up to 60 years of data) on radial growth of clonal narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia), a foundation species in the arid, Closed Basin portion of the San Luis ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2016.07.005

3. Contrasting Response to Drought and Climate of Planted and Natural Pinus pinaster Aiton Forests in Southern Spain

Author:
Carlos Rodriguez-Vallejo; Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.7 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
Pinus pinaster; adaptive management; climate change; climatic factors; coasts; defoliation; dendrochronology; dieback; drought; dry environmental conditions; forest decline; forests; geographical distribution; models; prediction; spring; temperature; tree mortality; trees; winter; Spain
Abstract:
... Extreme drought events and increasing aridity are leading to forest decline and tree mortality, particularly in populations near the limits of the species distribution. Therefore, a better understanding of the growth response to drought and climate change could show the vulnerability of forests and enable predictions of future dieback. In this study, we used a dendrochronological approach to asses ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10070603

4. Early indications of drought impacts on forests in the southeastern United States

Author:
Michael K. Crosby; Zhaofei Fan; Martin A. Spetich; Theodor D. Leininger; Xingang Fan
Source:
Forestry chronicle 2015 v.91 no.4 pp. 376-383
ISSN:
0015-7546
Subject:
climate change; climatic factors; dieback; drought; ecoregions; ecosystems; forest health; forest types; hardwood; models; monitoring; regression analysis; trees
Abstract:
... In the southeastern United States, drought can pose a significant threat to forests by reducing the amount of available water, thereby stressing trees. Destructive changes in crown conditions provide the first visible indication of a problem in a forested area, making it a useful indicator for problems within an ecosystem. Forest Health and Monitoring (FHM) and Palmer's Drought Severity Index (PDS ...
DOI:
10.5558/tfc2015-067

5. Evidence of climate-induced stress of Norway spruce along elevation gradient preceding the current dieback in Central Europe

Author:
Jan Krejza; Emil Cienciala; Jan Světlík; Michal Bellan; Estelle Noyer; Petr Horáček; Petr Štěpánek; Michal V. Marek
Source:
Trees 2021 v.35 no.1 pp. 103-119
ISSN:
0931-1890
Subject:
Picea abies; altitude; climate change; climatic factors; dieback; drought; forest management; temporal variation; tree growth; trees; water stress; Central European region; Czech Republic
Abstract:
... KEY MESSAGE: Effect of drought during 2017 and 2018 resulted in radial stem increment reduction to 78% and 61%, respectively, of the levels occurring in normal year 2016 in Central Europe. Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) is currently the most threatened commercial tree species in Central Europe. This is due to increased drought stress from advancing climate change as well as the species’ d ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00468-020-02022-6

6. Feeling the cold in a warming climate: differential effects of low temperatures on co-occurring eucalypts

Author:
George Matusick; Katinka X. Ruthrof; Jason Pitman; Giles E. St. J. Hardy
Source:
Australian journal of botany 2016 v.64 no.5 pp. 456-466
ISSN:
0067-1924
Subject:
Corymbia calophylla; Eucalyptus marginata; climatic factors; cold; dieback; global warming; species diversity; temperature; tree damage; tree mortality; Australia
Abstract:
... Climate change is altering extreme temperature events, and is expected to drive changes in species composition as a result. To assess the potential for compositional shifts from low-temperature events, the effects of repeated events in 2010 and 2012 on three co-occurring eucalypts were determined in south-western Australia. To examine the climatic conditions that led to tree damage, and the long-t ...
DOI:
10.1071/BT16064

7. Forest dieback processes in the Central European Mountains in the context of terrain topography and selected stand attributes

Author:
Radomir Bałazy; Michał Zasada; Mariusz Ciesielski; Patryk Waraksa; Tomasz Zawiła-Niedźwiecki
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.435 pp. 106-119
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Picea abies; altitude; anthropogenic activities; climate change; climatic factors; dead wood; dieback; environmental impact; forests; geographic information systems; insect pests; landscapes; lidar; models; mountains; pollution; probability; remote sensing; species diversity; state forests; trees; Central European region
Abstract:
... Forest dieback of mountainous areas is a common problem in almost all regions of the world. This process is characterized by high variability and is independent of whether the process is caused by climate changes, insect pests or human impact on the environment, particularly environmental pollution. This state of affairs is probably influenced not only by unusual atmospheric conditions, unusual st ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.12.052

8. Large drought‐induced aboveground live biomass losses in southern Rocky Mountain aspen forests

Author:
Cho‐Ying Huang; William R. L. Anderegg
Source:
Global change biology 2012 v.18 no.3 pp. 1016-1027
ISSN:
1354-1013
Subject:
Populus tremuloides; aboveground biomass; canopy; carbon; climate change; climatic factors; decline; dieback; digital elevation models; drought; ecosystems; emissions; forest health; forests; monitoring; mortality; remote sensing; standard deviation; temperature; topography; tree mortality; trees; Colorado
Abstract:
... Widespread drought‐induced forest mortality has been documented across multiple tree species in North America in recent decades, but it is a poorly understood component in terrestrial carbon (C) budgets. Recent severe drought in concert with elevated temperature likely triggered widespread forest mortality of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), the most widely distributed tree species in North ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02592.x

9. Living (and reproducing) on the edge: reproductive phenology is impacted by rainfall and canopy decline in a Mediterranean eucalypt

Author:
T. L. Moore; K. X. Ruthrof; M. D. Craig; L. E. Valentine; G. E. St J. Hardy; P. A. Fleming
Source:
Australian journal of botany 2016 v.64 no.2 pp. 129-141
ISSN:
0067-1924
Subject:
Eucalyptus wandoo; Vernicia; ambient temperature; canopy; climate change; climatic factors; drought; flowering; forests; fruiting; monitoring; phenology; phytophagous insects; population dynamics; rain; reproduction; trees; woodlands; Australia
Abstract:
... Many of the worlds’ forests and woodlands are currently showing symptoms of declining condition due to a range of factors, including changing climatic conditions, drought and insect herbivory. Altered abiotic and biotic conditions can influence the condition of trees that can, in turn, affect tree reproductive cycles. However, the potential impact of tree decline on reproductive cycles has rarely ...
DOI:
10.1071/BT15004

10. Long-term thinning effects on tree growth, drought response and water use efficiency at two Aleppo pine plantations in Spain

Author:
Àngela Manrique-Alba; Santiago Beguería; Antonio J. Molina; María González-Sanchis; Miquel Tomàs-Burguera; Antonio D. del Campo; Michele Colangelo; J. Julio Camarero
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.728 pp. 138536
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Pinus halepensis; climate change; climatic factors; coniferous forests; dendrochronology; dieback; drought; isotope labeling; oxygen; plantations; semiarid zones; silviculture; soil water; stable isotopes; tree growth; tree mortality; water stress; water use efficiency; wood; Mediterranean region; Spain
Abstract:
... In Mediterranean areas where drought-induced forest dieback and tree mortality have been widely reported, it is still under debate how the likely risks of climate change will affect tree growth and consequently forest productivity. Increasing tree mortality has been associated not only to increased drought, but also to a lack of management in many dense pine forests and plantations, where warming ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138536

11. Rainfall and its possible hysteresis effect on the proportional cover of tropical tidal-wetland mangroves and saltmarsh–saltpans

Author:
Norman C. Duke; Colin Field; Jock R. Mackenzie; Jan-Olaf Meynecke; Apanie L. Wood
Source:
Marine & freshwater research 2019 v.70 no.8 pp. 1047-1055
ISSN:
1323-1650
Subject:
biomass; climatic factors; dieback; ecosystems; ecotones; estuaries; hysteresis; littoral zone; models; probability; rain; salt marshes; species diversity; vegetation; Australia
Abstract:
... Mangrove–saltmarsh tidal wetlands are highly dynamic ecosystems, responding and adapting to climate and physical conditions at all spatial and temporal scales. Knowledge of the large-scale ecosystem processes involved and how they might be influenced by climate variables is highly relevant today. For tidal-wetland sites well within the latitudinal range of the mostly tropical mangrove communities, ...
DOI:
10.1071/MF18321

12. Reduction in browsing intensity may not compensate climate change effects on tree species composition in the Bavarian Forest National Park

Author:
Maxime Cailleret; Marco Heurich; Harald Bugmann
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2014 v.328 pp. 179-192
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
seedlings; drought; trees; summer; stand composition; dieback; ungulates; Picea abies; forest reserves; browsing; equations; models; Abies alba; climate change; interspecific competition; species diversity; canopy gaps; temperature; Fagus sylvatica; climatic factors; tree mortality; national parks; forest management; forest types; stand basal area; Germany
Abstract:
... Climate change may directly induce shifts in stand-level dynamics by altering the regeneration, growth and mortality of tree species, and indirectly by modifying interspecific competition. While some experimental and simulation studies have shown that these effects can be compensated by lower browsing pressure, it is not clear how species composition and stand basal area may respond in the short a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.030

13. Regeneration origin affects radial growth patterns preceding oak decline and death – insights from tree-ring δ13C and δ18O

Author:
Marcin Zadworny; Andrzej M. Jagodziński; Piotr Łakomy; Joanna Mucha; Jacek Oleksyn; Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada; Krzysztof Ufnalski
Source:
Agricultural and forest meteorology 2019 v.278 pp. 107685
ISSN:
0168-1923
Subject:
Quercus robur; carbon; climate change; climatic factors; coppicing; cutting; death; dieback; drought; forest management; growth rings; longevity; oxygen; physiological response; root systems; seedlings; silvicultural practices; stable isotopes; stems; tree growth; trees; vigor; water use efficiency
Abstract:
... Oak trees (Quercus spp.) develop a taproot system which extends several meters deep and enables them to survive periods of water deficit that occur during their long lifespan. Regeneration forestry practices disturb the natural development and proportion of oak root systems by repeated undercutting of the taproots of seedlings in nurseries, or the repeated cutting of stems in coppice systems. Thus ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107685

14. Response of eastern white pine and associated foliar, blister rust, canker and root rot pathogens to climate change

Author:
Stephen A. Wyka; Isabel A. Munck; Nicholas J. Brazee; Kirk D. Broders
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2018 v.423 pp. 18-26
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
Dothistroma; Pinus strobus; Swiss needle cast; blight; blister rust; cankers (plants); canopy; climate change; climate models; climatic factors; conifer needles; conifers; defoliation; dieback; forest ecosystems; insects; pathogens; root rot; spring; trees; British Columbia; Northeastern United States; Oregon
Abstract:
... Climate model predictions for the northeastern U.S. forecast a warmer and wetter climate, which favors the survival, reproduction and dispersal of foliar diseases of eastern white pine, collectively called White Pine Needle Damage (WPND). Foliar diseases cause defoliation of white pine, leading to growth reductions, canopy dieback and predisposing trees to other pathogens and insects. This situati ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2018.03.011

15. Short‐ and long‐term efficacy of forest thinning to mitigate drought impacts in mountain forests in the European Alps

Author:
Ché Elkin; Arnaud Giuggiola; Andreas Rigling; Harald Bugmann
Source:
Ecological applications 2015 v.25 no.4 pp. 1083-1098
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
Picea abies; altitude; climate change; climatic factors; dieback; drought; drought tolerance; ecosystem services; forest thinning; models; montane forests; mortality; risk; tree mortality; Alps region
Abstract:
... In many regions of the world, drought is projected to increase under climate change, with potential negative consequences for forests and their ecosystem services (ES). Forest thinning has been proposed as a method for at least temporarily mitigating drought impacts, but its general applicability and longer‐term impacts are unclear. We use a process‐based forest model to upscale experimental data ...
DOI:
10.1890/14-0690.1

16. Spatial variation in the ongoing and widespread decline of a keystone plant species

Author:
Catherine R. Dickson; David J. Baker; Dana M. Bergstrom; Phillippa K. Bricher; Rowan H. Brookes; Ben Raymond; Patricia M. Selkirk; Justine D. Shaw; Aleks Terauds; Jennie Whinam; Melodie A. McGeoch
Source:
Austral ecology 2019 v.44 no.5 pp. 891-905
ISSN:
1442-9985
Subject:
Azorella; climate change; climatic factors; cushion plants; dieback; ecosystems; evapotranspiration; indigenous species; landscapes; latitude; microclimate; monitoring; refuge habitats; seedlings; topography; vapor pressure deficit
Abstract:
... Extensive dieback in dominant plant species in response to climate change is increasingly common. Climatic conditions and related variables, such as evapotranspiration, vary in response to topographical complexity. This complexity plays an important role in the provision of climate refugia. In 2008/2009, an island‐wide dieback event of the keystone cushion plant Azorella macquariensis Orchard (Api ...
DOI:
10.1111/aec.12758

17. The world's southernmost tree and the climate and windscapes of the southernmost forests

Author:
Brian Buma; Andrés Holz; Iván Diaz; Ricardo Rozzi
Source:
Ecography 2021 v.44 no.1 pp. 14-24
ISSN:
0906-7590
Subject:
biogeography; climate change; climatic factors; dieback; ecosystems; ecotones; forests; land; latitude; shape; soil temperature; treeline; trees; wind; Chile
Abstract:
... The world's southernmost tree has been documented along with the condition and growth pattern of the world's southernmost forest on Isla Hornos, Chile. The distribution of trees at broad scales is strongly influenced by the abiotic environment and determining the position and condition of tree limits around the world is an important way to monitor global change. This offers an ideal way to test th ...
DOI:
10.1111/ecog.05075

18. Tree-ring widths as an indicator of air pollution stress and climate conditions in different Norway spruce forest stands in the Krkonoše Mts.

Author:
Tereza Putalová; Zdeněk Vacek; Stanislav Vacek; Igor Štefančík; Daniel Bulušek; Jan Král
Source:
Central European Forestry Journal 2019 v.65 no.1 pp. 21-33
ISSN:
2454-0358
Subject:
Picea abies; air pollution; climate change; climatic factors; climax forests; dendrochronology; dieback; drought; forest stands; forestry; growing season; growth rings; ozone; spring; sulfur dioxide; synergism; temperature; winter; Czech Republic
Abstract:
... The negative effect of air pollution on mountain spruce stands culminated in the 70s – 90s of the 20ᵗʰ century, when an extensive dieback and disturbance of stands occurred in the Krkonoše Mts., the Czech Republic. Dendrochronological analysis was used on ten permanent research plots established in 1976–1980 to document the dynamics of radial increment of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.). T ...
DOI:
10.2478/forj-2019-0004