• Climate targets in European timber-producing countries conflict with goals on forest ecosystem services and biodiversity 

      Blattert, Clemens; Mönkkönen, Mikko; Burgas, Daniel; Di Fulvio, Fulvio; Caicoya, Astor Toraño; Vergarechea, Marta; Klein, Julian; Hartikainen, Markus; Antón Fernandéz, Clara; Astrup, Rasmus Andreas; Emmerich, Michael; Forsell, Nicklas; Lukkarinen, Jani; Lundström, Johanna; Pitzén, Samuli; Poschenrieder, Werner; Primmer, Eeva; Snäll, Tord; Eyvindson, Kyle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04-14)
      The European Union (EU) set clear climate change mitigation targets to reach climate neutrality, accounting for forests and their woody biomass resources. We investigated the consequences of increased harvest demands ...
    • Douglas Fir Growth Is Constrained by Drought: Delineating the Climatic Limits of Timber Species under Seasonally Dry Conditions 

      Gazol, Antonio; Valeriano, Cristina; Cantero, Alejandro; Vergarechea, Marta; Camarero, Jesús Julio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-29)
      There is debate on which tree species can sustain forest ecosystem services in a drier and warmer future. In Europe, the use of non-native timber species, such as Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco), is ...
    • Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests 

      del Río, Miren; Vergarechea, Marta; Hilmers, Torben; Alday, Josu G.; Avdagić, Admir; Binderh, Franz; Bošeľa, Michal; Dobor, Laura; Forrester, David I.; Halilović, Velid; Ibrahimspahic, Aida; Klopcic, Matija; Lévesque, Mathieu; Nagel, Thomas A.; Sitková, Zuzana; Schütze, Gerhard; Stajic, Branko; Stojanovic, Dejan; Uhl, Enno; Zlatanov, Tzvetan; Tognetti, Roberto; Pretzsch, Hans (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-19)
      Spruce-fir-beech mixed forests cover a large area in European mountain regions, with high ecological and socio-economic importance. As elevation-zone systems they are highly affected by climate change, which is modifying ...
    • Sectoral policies as drivers of forest management and ecosystems services: A case study in Bavaria, Germany 

      Caicoya, Astor Toraño; Poschenrieder, Werner; Blattert, Clemens; Eyvindson, Kyle; Hartikainen, Markus; Burgas, Daniel; Mönkkönen, Mikko; Uhl, Enno; Vergarechea, Marta; Pretzsch, Hans (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04-07)
      European countries have national sectoral polices to regulate and promote the provision of a wide range of forest ecosystems services (FES). However, potential incoherencies among these policies can negatively affect the ...
    • Tree growth is more limited by drought in rear-edge forests most of the times 

      Camarero, J. Julio; Gazol, Antonio; Sangüesa-Barreda, Gabriel; Vergarechea, Marta; Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel; Cattaneo, Nicolas; Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-08)
      Background Equatorward, rear-edge tree populations are natural monitors to estimate species vulnerability to climate change. According to biogeographical theory, exposition to drought events increases with increasing aridity ...