Communications Biology (Mar 2022)
Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests
- Edurne Martinez del Castillo,
- Christian S. Zang,
- Allan Buras,
- Andrew Hacket-Pain,
- Jan Esper,
- Roberto Serrano-Notivoli,
- Claudia Hartl,
- Robert Weigel,
- Stefan Klesse,
- Victor Resco de Dios,
- Tobias Scharnweber,
- Isabel Dorado-Liñán,
- Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen,
- Ernst van der Maaten,
- Alistair Jump,
- Sjepan Mikac,
- Bat-Enerel Banzragch,
- Wolfgang Beck,
- Liam Cavin,
- Hugues Claessens,
- Vojtěch Čada,
- Katarina Čufar,
- Choimaa Dulamsuren,
- Jozica Gričar,
- Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín,
- Pavel Janda,
- Marko Kazimirovic,
- Juergen Kreyling,
- Nicolas Latte,
- Christoph Leuschner,
- Luis Alberto Longares,
- Annette Menzel,
- Maks Merela,
- Renzo Motta,
- Lena Muffler,
- Paola Nola,
- Any Mary Petritan,
- Ion Catalin Petritan,
- Peter Prislan,
- Álvaro Rubio-Cuadrado,
- Miloš Rydval,
- Branko Stajić,
- Miroslav Svoboda,
- Elvin Toromani,
- Volodymyr Trotsiuk,
- Martin Wilmking,
- Tzvetan Zlatanov,
- Martin de Luis
Affiliations
- Edurne Martinez del Castillo
- Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University
- Christian S. Zang
- Department of Forestry, University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
- Allan Buras
- Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, Technical University Munich
- Andrew Hacket-Pain
- Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool
- Jan Esper
- Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University
- Roberto Serrano-Notivoli
- Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Madrid
- Claudia Hartl
- Nature Rings – Environmental Research and Education
- Robert Weigel
- Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen
- Stefan Klesse
- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL
- Victor Resco de Dios
- School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology
- Tobias Scharnweber
- Institute for Botany and Landscape Ecology, University Greifswald
- Isabel Dorado-Liñán
- Systems and Natural Resources Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen
- Chair of Forest Growth and Woody Biomass Production, TU Dresden
- Ernst van der Maaten
- Chair of Forest Growth and Woody Biomass Production, TU Dresden
- Alistair Jump
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling
- Sjepan Mikac
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Zagreb
- Bat-Enerel Banzragch
- Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen
- Wolfgang Beck
- Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Thünen Institute
- Liam Cavin
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling
- Hugues Claessens
- TERRA Teaching and Research Centre (Forest Is Life), Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege
- Vojtěch Čada
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences
- Katarina Čufar
- Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Wood Science and Technology, University of Ljubljana
- Choimaa Dulamsuren
- Applied Vegetation Ecology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg
- Jozica Gričar
- Slovenian Forestry Institute
- Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín
- Forest Resources Department, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA)
- Pavel Janda
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences
- Marko Kazimirovic
- University of Belgrade – Faculty of Forestry
- Juergen Kreyling
- Institute for Botany and Landscape Ecology, University Greifswald
- Nicolas Latte
- TERRA Teaching and Research Centre (Forest Is Life), Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege
- Christoph Leuschner
- Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen
- Luis Alberto Longares
- Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Zaragoza
- Annette Menzel
- TUM School of Life Sciences/Ecoclimatology, Technical University of Munich
- Maks Merela
- Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Wood Science and Technology, University of Ljubljana
- Renzo Motta
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Sciences, University of Turin
- Lena Muffler
- Plant Ecology, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Goettingen
- Paola Nola
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia
- Any Mary Petritan
- National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry “Marin Dracea”
- Ion Catalin Petritan
- Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, University of Brasov
- Peter Prislan
- Slovenian Forestry Institute
- Álvaro Rubio-Cuadrado
- Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Miloš Rydval
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences
- Branko Stajić
- University of Belgrade – Faculty of Forestry
- Miroslav Svoboda
- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences
- Elvin Toromani
- Faculty of Forestry Sciences, Agricultural University of Tirana
- Volodymyr Trotsiuk
- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL
- Martin Wilmking
- Institute for Botany and Landscape Ecology, University Greifswald
- Tzvetan Zlatanov
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Martin de Luis
- Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Zaragoza
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03107-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Tree ring data from a network of beech tree stands across Europe show evidence for a recent growth decline from 1986-2016 and project up to 50% growth reductions in some areas of Europe with future climate change.
