A5066885578- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Forest ecology and management
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
University of Liverpool
2017-2025
Hudson Institute
2021
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2021
St. Catherine University
2018
University of Cambridge
2015-2016
Climate teleconnections drive highly variable and synchronous seed production (masting) over large scales. Disentangling the effect of high-frequency (inter-annual variation) from low-frequency (decadal trends) components climate oscillations will improve our understanding masting as an ecosystem process. Using century-long observations on (the MASTREE database) data Northern Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), we show that in last 60 years both summer spring NAO, winter NAO are correlated to...
Abstract The growth of past, present, and future forests was, is will be affected by climate variability. This multifaceted relationship has been assessed in several regional studies, but spatially resolved, large-scale analyses are largely missing so far. Here we estimate recent changes 5800 beech trees ( Fagus sylvatica L.) from 324 sites, representing the full geographic climatic range species. Future trends were predicted considering state-of-the-art scenarios. validated models indicate...
Tree growth is frequently linked to weather conditions prior the growing season but our understanding of these lagged climate signatures still poorly developed. We investigated influence masting behaviour on relationship between and in European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) using a rare long-term dataset seed production new regional tree ring chronology. Fagus species with synchronous variations which are strongly temperature previous two summers. noted that associated years heavy (mast years)...
The aim of our study was to determine variation in the response radial growth Fagus sylvatica L (European Beech) climate across species full geographical distribution and climatic tolerance. We combined new existing data build a database 140 tree-ring chronologies investigate patterns growth–climate relationships. Our novel meta-analysis approach has allowed first investigation effect on tree entire species. identified key signals then investigated how these varied geographically according...
Mast seeding is a crucial population process in many tree species, but its spatio-temporal patterns and drivers at the continental scale remain unknown . Using large dataset (8000 masting observations across Europe for years 1950-2014) we analysed spatial pattern of entire geographical range European beech, how it influenced by precipitation, temperature drought, temporal stability masting-weather correlations. Beech exhibited general distance-dependent synchronicity structured three broad...
Abstract Drought will increasingly threaten forest ecosystems worldwide. Understanding how competition influences tree growth response to drought is essential for management aiming at climate change adaptation. However, published results from individual case studies are heterogeneous and sometimes contradictory. We reviewed 166 cases the peer-reviewed literature assess influence of stand-level on drought. monitored five indicators response: mean sensitivity (inter-annual ring width...
Climate change is reshaping global vegetation through its impacts on plant mortality, but recruitment creates the next generation of plants and will determine structure composition future communities. Recruitment depends mean seed production, also interannual variability among-plant synchrony in phenomenon known as mast seeding. Thus, predicting long-term response dynamics to climate requires understanding masting changing climate. Recently, data methods have become available allowing first...
Significant gaps remain in understanding the response of plant reproduction to environmental change. This is partly because measuring long-lived plants requires direct observation over many years and such datasets have rarely been made publicly available. Here we introduce MASTREE+, a data set that collates reproductive time-series from across globe makes these freely available community. MASTREE+ includes 73,828 georeferenced observations annual (e.g. seed fruit counts) perennial...
Abstract The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity recover from increasing losses drought, fire, harvest. A synthesis fecundity data 714 worldwide allowed us examine hypotheses central quantifying reproduction, a foundation for assessing fitness trees. Four major findings emerged. First, is not constrained by strict trade-off between size numbers. Instead, numbers vary over ten orders magnitude,...
Abstract Climate change effects on tree reproduction are poorly understood, even though the resilience of populations relies sufficient regeneration to balance increasing rates mortality. Forest‐forming species often mast, i.e. reproduce through synchronised year‐to‐year variation in seed production, which improves pollination and reduces predation. Recent observations European beech show, however, that current climate can dampen interannual synchrony production this masting breakdown...
Climate change is impacting forests in complex ways, with indirect effects arising from interactions between tree growth and reproduction often overlooked. Our 43-y study of European beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) showed that rising summer temperatures since 2005 have led to more frequent seed production events. This shift increases reproductive effort but depletes the trees’ stored resources due insufficient recovery periods crops. Consequently, annual ring increments declined by 28%, dropping a...
Abstract Aim Climate limits the potential distribution ranges of species. Establishment and growth individuals at range margins is assumed to be more limited by extreme events such as drought or frost than in centre their range. We explore whether beech sensitive towards dry margin cold margin. Furthermore, we aim gain insight into adaptive both margins. Location European gradient from (Spain) (Poland, Sweden) beech. Taxon ( Fagus sylvatica L.). Methods applied a range‐wide dendroecological...
Abstract Climate change is altering patterns of seed production worldwide with consequences for population recruitment and migration potential. For the many species that regenerate through synchronized, quasiperiodic reproductive events termed masting, these changes include decreases in synchrony interannual variation production. This breakdown occurrence masting features harms reproduction by decreasing efficiency pollination increasing predation. Changes are often paralleled warming...
Abstract Climate warming increases tree mortality which will require sufficient reproduction to ensure population viability. However, the response of climate change remains poorly understood. Warming can reduce synchrony and interannual variability seed production (“masting breakdown”) increase predation decrease pollination efficiency in trees. Here, using 40 years observations individual European beech ( Fagus sylvatica ), we showed that masting breakdown results declining viable over...