In the last years, large-scale mass forest withering and dieback have been reported for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) across eastern Europe, particularly in Romania. In these regions, the climate models forecast an increase in intensity and frequency of extreme climate events such as drought....
Author(s)
Sidor, C. G.; Camarero, J. J.; Popa, I.; Badea, O.; Apostol, E. N.; Vlad, R.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 678, pp 721-727
Climatic changes and weather extremes are causing shifts in distribution of tree species, affecting productivity of forests. With the northwards advance of deciduous species in Northern Europe, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is predicted to decrease survival and productivity. Nevertheless, Scots...
Author(s)
Matisons, R.; Jansone, D.; Elferts, D.; Adamovičs, A.; Schneck, V.; Jansons, A¯.
Publisher
Elsevier GmbH, München, Germany
Citation
Dendrochronologia, 2019, 54, pp 1-10
Understanding and unravelling the direct and indirect effects of ongoing and predicted climate change on the vitality and productivity of Scots pine forests is particularly important for Romania and other parts of eastern Europe, where the species represents an essential ecological and economic...
Author(s)
Sidor, C. G.; Bosela, M.; Büntgen, U.; Vlad, R.
Publisher
Elsevier GmbH, München, Germany
Citation
Dendrochronologia, 2018, 52, pp 48-56
Soil properties can buffer forest response to global climate change. However, it is unclear how soil characteristics, water availability and their interactions can affect drought response of trees. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of soil nutrients and physical soil properties on...
Author(s)
Lévesque, M.; Walthert, L.; Weber, P.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Ecology (Oxford), 2016, 104, 2, pp 377-387
Since the beginning of the 1990s, significant mortality of Scots pine trees has been observed in inner valleys of the Alps. The objectives of this work were to investigate and describe the aetiology of a Scots pine dieback in the Aosta Valley (western Italian Alps) in 2005. Surveys were conducted...
Author(s)
Gonthier, P.; Giordano, L.; Nicolotti, G.
Publisher
Canadian Institute of Forestry, Ottawa, Canada
Citation
Forestry Chronicle, 2010, 86, 1, pp 110-117
At present the most powerful tree-ring based climate reconstructions use high numbers of growth proxy series (ring width and density) to produce spatially smoothed estimates, such as average Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures. These single parameter reconstructions might be supplemented with...
Author(s)
Gagen, M.; McCarroll, D.; Edouard, J. L.
Publisher
Springer Science + Business Media, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Citation
Climatic Change, 2006, 78, 2/4, pp 363-379
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the numerous holocene subfossil trees (Pinus sylvestris) buried in alluvial deposits in the Southern French Alps. These trees lived between the Allerød and Subboreal periods, according to 14C dates. Our dendochronological studies explain the trees' sudden...
Author(s)
Miramont, C.; Sivan, O.; Rosique, T.; Edouard, J. L.; Jorda, M.
Publisher
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Citation
Radiocarbon, 2000, 42, 3, pp 423-435
The climatic effect of a doubling of atmospheric CO2 was calculated for meteorological stations near 10 populations of 3 tree species (Pinus sylvestris, Larix decidua, Abies alba) in Provence and the French Alps using an Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM, ARPEGE). This predicted a 3°C...
Author(s)
Keller, T.; Guiot, J.; Tessier, L.
Citation
Journal of Biogeography, 1997, 24, 6, pp 857-864