The increasing occurrence of dry and hot summers generates chronic water deficits that negatively affect tree radial growth. This phenomenon has been widely studied in natural stands of native species but not in commercial ...

Forest managers are interested in forest-monitoring strategies using low density Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS). However, little research has used ALS to estimate soil organic carbon (SOC) as a criterion for operational ...

Global change (Land use change, climatic change, invasive species, land overuse and changes of biogeochemical cycles) together with biotic factors (pathogens and pests) is affecting the health of trees and forests in ...

The assessment of the long-term impacts of drought on tree growth decline using tree-ring analyses may be used to test if plantations are more vulnerable to warming after successive droughts, leading to a “cumulative ...

Proactive silviculture treatments (e.g., thinning) may increase C sequestration contributing to climate change mitigation, although, there are still questions about this effect in Mediterranean pine forests. The aim of ...

Climate change poses a significant threat to the persistence of rear-edge populations, which are located at the margins of a species’ distribution range and are particularly vulnerable to environmental shifts. This study ...

Forest ecosystems are undergoing rapid transformations in the face of global change, especially in the Mediterranean basin, where the synergistic effects of climate warming, increased aridity and altered disturbance regimes ...

Insect and disease outbreaks in forests are biotic disturbances that can profoundly alter ecosystem dynamics. In many parts of the world, these disturbance regimes are intensifying as the climate changes shifts the ...