Bioclimate and growth history affect beech lifespan in the Italian Alps and Apennines

Old-growth attributes in a network of Apennines (Italy) beech forests: Disentangling the role of past human interferences and biogeoclimate

(2012) E. Ziaco et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Communicating old-growth forest through an educational trail

(2011) Emanuele Ziaco et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Changes in forest productivity across Alaska consistent with biome shift

(2011) Pieter S. A. Beck et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Understanding climate change–induced variations in daily temperature distributions over Italy

(2011) C. Simolo et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Associations between growth, wood anatomy, carbon isotope discrimination and mortality in a Quercus robur forest

(2011) T. Levanic et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Recent changes in forest productivity: An analysis of national forest inventory data for common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in north-eastern France

(2010) M. Charru et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Site and stand effects on coarse woody debris in montane mixed forests of Eastern Italian Alps

(2010) Daniele Castagneri et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Telomeres, Aging, and Plants: From Weeds to Methuselah – A Mini-Review

(2010) J. Mathew Watson et al.   GERONTOLOGY

Long-term increases in intrinsic water-use efficiency do not lead to increased stem growth in a tropical monsoon forest in western Thailand

(2010) CHARLES A. NOCK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased water-use efficiency during the 20th century did not translate into enhanced tree growth

(2010) Josep Peñuelas et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Capacity of Old Trees to Respond to Environmental Change

(2010) Nathan G. Phillips et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

The metabolic theory of ecology: prospects and challenges for plant biology

(2010) Charles A. Price et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Potentially immortal?

(2010) Josep Peñuelas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Extreme longevity in trees: live slow, die old?

(2010) Julien Issartel et al.   OECOLOGIA

Will the CO2 fertilization effect in forests be offset by reduced tree longevity?

(2010) Harald Bugmann et al.   OECOLOGIA

Recent Widespread Tree Growth Decline Despite Increasing Atmospheric CO2

(2010) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   PLoS One

Climate change impacts and vulnerability of the southern populations of Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii

(2010) J. C. Linares et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Nitrogen footprint in a long-term observation of forest growth over the twentieth century

(2010) Jean-Daniel Bontemps et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Influences of climate, fire, and topography on contemporary age structure patterns of Douglas-fir at 205 old forest sites in western Oregon

(2009) Nathan J. Poage et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Altitudinal and environmental variation in lifespan in the Copper butterfly Lycaena tityrus

(2009) Isabell Karl et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Annual wood production in a tropical rain forest in NE Costa Rica linked to climatic variation but not to increasing CO2

(2009) DAVID B. CLARK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Interacting effects of changes in climate and forest cover on mortality and growth of the southernmost European fir forests

(2009) Juan Carlos Linares et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Increased early growth rates decrease longevities of conifers in subalpine forests

(2009) Christof Bigler et al.   OIKOS

Latitudinal variation in lifespan within species is explained by the metabolic theory of ecology

(2009) S. B. Munch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extensions and evaluations of a general quantitative theory of forest structure and dynamics

(2009) B. J. Enquist et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recent unprecedented tree-ring growth in bristlecone pine at the highest elevations and possible causes

(2009) M. W. Salzer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States

(2009) P. J. van Mantgem et al.   SCIENCE

Age class, longevity and growth rate relationships: protracted growth increases in old trees in the eastern United States

(2009) S. E. Johnson et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Predicting natural mortality rates of plants and animals

(2008) Michael W. McCoy et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Relationships between radial growth rates and lifespan within North American tree species

(2008) Bryan A. Black et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Twentieth century changes of tree-ring δ13C at the southern range-edge of Fagus sylvatica: increasing water-use efficiency does not avoid the growth decline induced by warming at low altitudes

(2008) JOSEP PEÑUELAS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drought-driven growth reduction in old beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests of the central Apennines, Italy

(2008) GIANLUCA PIOVESAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Growth–mortality relationships as indicators of life-history strategies: a comparison of nine tree species in unmanaged European forests

(2008) Jan Wunder et al.   OIKOS

Tree size distributions in an old-growth temperate forest

(2008) Xugao Wang et al.   OIKOS