Article
Environmental Sciences
Yingchun Huang, Bowen Liu, Haigen Zhao, Xudong Yang
Summary: This study systematically analyzed the spatiotemporal changes in drought characteristics in the Mongolian Plateau. The results showed clear differences in drought patterns between the northern and southern parts of the region, with longer and more severe droughts occurring in the north. The study also found that the region experienced a wetter trend in recent years, and an increasing trend in spring drought events.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Zhengrong Wang, Yuting Yang, Cicheng Zhang, Hui Guo, Ying Hou
Summary: This study improves the calculation of water balance in the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) model by using hydrological outputs from global hydrological models. The results show that the improved PDSI estimates have a better correlation with observed runoff and perform well in capturing hydrological droughts.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Ana Carolina Abrantes, Joao Serejo, Madalena Vieira-Pinto
Summary: Climate is a significant factor in the dynamics of tuberculosis in the Mediterranean Iberic wildlife population, with drought potentially increasing the occurrence of Tuberculosis-like lesions in wild boars. The study suggests that periods of drought can serve as an alert sign for increased TBL occurrence in the subsequent season, influencing the transmission of tuberculosis in Iberian wildlife.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuliang Zhou, Ping Zhou, Juliang Jin, Chengguo Wu, Yi Cui, Yuliang Zhang, Fang Tong
Summary: The study utilized the PDSI method for drought identification, achieving consistent results with actual drought situations. Drought severity and peak intensity were found effective in reflecting the impacts of drought.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Abdusselam Altunkaynak, Akbar Jalilzadnezamabad
Summary: The study combines DWT with Fuzzy, kNN, and SVM models to develop a new forecasting model for PDSI, achieving good accuracy especially within a 6-month lead time. The performance of the hybrid models is superior to standalone Fuzzy, kNN, and SVM models, with the W-Fuzzy model slightly outperforming W-kNN and W-SVM models in terms of performance indicators.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Kreso Pandzic, Tanja Likso, Ivan Pejic, Hrvoje Sarcevic, Marija Pecina, Ivana Sestak, Davor Tomsic, Natasa Strelec Mahovic
Summary: The study investigated the impact of drought on maize yield and the correlation of drought indices at different time scales, revealing that drought in 2017 led to a decrease in maize yield, while 2018 was normal.
Article
Forestry
E. R. Bendall, M. Bedward, M. Boer, H. Clarke, L. Collins, A. Leigh, R. A. Bradstock
Summary: Increases in tree mortality linked to drought and fires have been reported globally. Forests that resprout epicormically are expected to be more resistant and resilient to changes in fire regime, but they may still face increased mortality and changes in species composition due to drought and fire. This study examines the effects of drought severity and fire frequency on the fire resistance of eucalypts that can resprout epicormically.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiao Zhang, Zhaofei Fan, Zhongjie Shi, Leilei Pan, SeMyung Kwon, Xiaohui Yang, Yanshu Liu
Summary: Global climate change and increased drought frequency and intensity have resulted in forest decline and tree mortality. By studying the resilience components of tree growth to drought, including resistance, recovery, and resilience, as well as the influencing factors, this study helps assess the production and ecological stability of forests under a changing climate. The findings highlight the importance of drought severity and individual-tree characteristics in influencing drought resilience components, which can inform future adaptive management of natural Mongolian pine forests.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Tom Levanic, Hana Straus
Summary: Douglas-fir, a non-native tree species, has the potential to replace Norway spruce in Slovenian forests due to its better volume growth, wood quality, and tolerance to drought. It shows a higher radial growth response to climatic conditions and is more resistant to extreme drought events.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Laura A. A. Dye, Bethany L. L. Coulthard, Benjamin J. J. Hatchett, Inga K. K. Homfeld, Taylor N. N. Salazar, Jeremy S. S. Littell, Kevin J. J. Anchukaitis
Summary: The western United States is a hot spot for snow drought, with the Oregon Cascade Range experiencing the largest snowpack losses. To overcome the limitation of short instrumental records, tree-ring records were used to reconstruct the multi-century snowpack variability. The reconstruction revealed the severity of the 2014-2015 snow drought and the increasing variability in snowpack and precipitation.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Biophysics
Peng Zhang, Liang Jiao, Mengyuan Wei, Xuan Wu, Dashi Du, Ruhong Xue
Summary: In the study of Qinghai spruce in the western part of Qilian Mountains, researchers found that the sensitivity of trees to drought increases with lower elevation. Growing season drought has a greater impact on radial growth of trees than non-growing season drought. As drought severity increases, the resistance of trees decreases while the recovery increases. Furthermore, there are significant differences in the growth trends of trees at different elevations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jie Kang, Haihua Shen, Siyi Zhang, Longchao Xu, Zhiyao Tang, Yanhong Tang, Jingyun Fang
Summary: Tree species have different responses to drought, which are dependent on tree size and drought intensity.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Liangjun Zhu, Jie Zhang, J. Julio Camarero, David J. Cooper, Paolo Cherubini, Danyang Yuan, Xiaochun Wang
Summary: With climate warming intensifying, the risk of more frequent and hotter droughts to forest ecosystems globally, including temperate biomes, is significant. To accurately predict forests' response to drought, it is crucial to provide comprehensive information on tree growth resilience, its spatiotemporal changes, and the factors driving it. However, such information is often lacking for broadleaf species in temperate regions. In this study, the researchers analyzed ring-width series from 1981 trees across 40 sites in northeastern China, covering four dominant broad-leaf tree species. They found that factors such as minimum temperatures in most seasons, warm conditions, and drought stress in early summer were the main limitations to tree growth. Different tree species displayed varying levels of resistance and recovery to drought, with Quercus mongolica having the weakest growth resistance but the fastest growth recovery. The study also revealed spatial patterns in tree resilience driven by differences in site conditions and local climates. It highlighted the importance of considering biogeographical factors when studying forest resilience to drought.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jingwen Yang, Qiuliang Zhang, Wenqi Song, Xu Zhang, Xiaochun Wang
Summary: Boreal forests are experiencing the most warming among all forest biomes, and drought caused by warming has a significant impact on species in these forests. However, little is known about the consistent response of tree and shrub growth in boreal forests to warming and drought. This study analyzed tree-ring width data from northeastern China and found that shrub growth may benefit more than trees in the future climate warming. These findings are important for predicting changes in ecosystem composition and species distribution in vulnerable areas under extreme climate conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Manuela I. I. Brunner, Jonas Gotte, Christopher Schlemper, Anne F. F. Van Loon
Summary: This study assesses changes in the importance of different hydrological drought generation processes in the European Alps. The findings show that the changes in drought processes are stronger in high-elevation catchments, where there are clear changes in drought seasonality. The study also suggests that changes in drought severity and generation processes are related, with snowmelt-deficit droughts having larger deficits than cold temperature-induced droughts.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Martin Wilmking, Allan Buras, Jiri Lehejcek, Jelena Lange, Rohan Shetti, Ernst van der Maaten
Article
Ecology
Andrew J. Hacket-Pain, Davide Ascoli, Giorgio Vacchiano, Franco Biondi, Liam Cavin, Marco Conedera, Igor Drobyshev, Isabel Dorado Linan, Andrew D. Friend, Michael Grabner, Claudia Hartl, Juergen Kreyling, Francois Lebourgeois, Tom Levanic, Annette Menzel, Ernst van der Maaten, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen, Lena Muffler, Renzo Motta, Catalin-Constantin Roibu, Ionel Popa, Tobias Scharnweber, Robert Weigel, Martin Wilmking, Christian S. Zang
Article
Ecology
Robert Weigel, Lena Muffler, Marcin Klisz, Juergen Kreyling, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen, Martin Wilmking, Ernst van der Maaten
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2018)
Review
Forestry
Gottfried Jetschke, Ernst van der Maaten, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jill E. Harvey, Marko Smiljanic, Tobias Scharnweber, Allan Buras, Anna Cedro, Roberto Cruz-Garcia, Igor Drobyshev, Karolina Janecka, Aris Jansons, Ryszard Kaczka, Marcin Klisz, Alar Laanelaid, Roberts Matisons, Lena Muffler, Kristina Sohar, Barbara Spyt, Juliane Stolz, Ernst van der Maaten, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen, Adomas Vitas, Robert Weigel, Juergen Kreyling, Martin Wilmking
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Martin Wilmking, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen, Ernst van der Maaten, Tobias Scharnweber, Allan Buras, Christine Biermann, Marina Gurskaya, Martin Hallinger, Jelena Lange, Rohan Shetti, Marko Smiljanic, Mario Trouillier
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Allan Buras, Florian Hirsch, Anna Schneider, Tobias Scharnweber, Ernst van der Maaten, Roberto Cruz-Garcia, Thomas Raab, Martin Wilmking
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Lena Muffler, Robert Weigel, Andrew J. Hacket-Pain, Marcin Klisz, Ernst van der Maaten, Martin Wilmking, Juergen Kreyling, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Robert Weigel, Hugh A. L. Henry, Ilka Beil, Gerhard Gebauer, Gerald Jurasinski, Marcin Klisz, Ernst van der Maaten, Lena Muffler, Juergen Kreyling
Summary: Climate warming may increase soil frost events in northern temperate regions, impacting tree growth and biogeochemical cycling. Soil frost was found to affect tree growth and cycling sensitivity, regardless of prevailing winter climate and snow conditions.
Article
Forestry
Juliane Stolz, Ernst van der Maaten, Hannes Kalanke, Jan Martin, Martin Wilmking, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen
Summary: The study reveals the impact of climate change on forest ecosystems, showing different climate sensitivities between European beech and Scots pine, with beech being most sensitive to drought. Observations suggest that beech populations are more vulnerable to future climate change, while the climate-growth relationships of pine are more complex.
Article
Forestry
Marieke Van der Maaten-Theunissen, Mario Trouillier, Julia Schwarz, Georgios Skiadaresis, Eric Andreas Thurm, Ernst van der Maaten
Summary: The paper introduces commonly used resilience indices for studying tree growth responses, and discusses new indices and functions implemented in the latest version of the R-package pointRes. These new features aid researchers in better assessing tree resilience and growth patterns.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tobias Scharnweber, Karl-Uwe Heussner, Marko Smiljanic, Ingo Heinrich, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen, Ernst van der Maaten, Thomas Struwe, Allan Buras, Martin Wilmking
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Forestry
Ernst van der Maaten, Jonas Pape, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen, Tobias Scharnweber, Marko Smiljanic, Roberto Cruz-Garcia, Martin Wilmking
Article
Forestry
Ernst van der Maaten, Annemarie Mehl, Martin Wilmking, Marieke van der Maaten-Theunissen
Article
Geography, Physical
Daniel Balanzategui, Antje Knorr, Karl-Uwe Heussner, Tomasz Wazny, Wolfgang Beck, Michal Slowinski, Gerhard Helle, Allan Buras, Martin Wilmking, Ernst Van Der Maaten, Tobias Scharnweber, Isabel Dorado-Linan, Ingo Heinrich