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Responses of forest trees to single and multiple environmental stresses from seedlings to mature plants: Past stress history, stress interactions, tolerance and acclimation

Ülo Niinemets
- 15 Oct 2010 - 
- Vol. 260, Iss: 10, pp 1623-1639
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In this article, a review of tree physiological responses to key environmental stress factors and their combinations are analyzed from seedlings to mature trees, concluding that combined stresses can influence survival of large trees even more than chronic exposure to a single predictable stress such as drought.
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This article is published in Forest Ecology and Management.The article was published on 2010-10-15 and is currently open access. It has received 586 citations till now.

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Hydraulic and carbohydrate changes in experimental drought- induced mortality of saplings in two conifer species

TL;DR: This study performed a severe controlled drought experiment on saplings of Pinus edulis Engelm.
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Disturbance legacies and climate jointly drive tree growth and mortality in an intensively studied boreal forest.

TL;DR: It is suggested that past climate extremes led to significant mortality still visible in the current forest structure, with decadal dynamics superimposed on slower patterns of fire and succession.
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Predicting autumn phenology: How deciduous tree species respond to weather stressors

TL;DR: This study improves the understanding of how species-specific autumnal phenology responds to weather stresses, and describes a new modeling framework to investigate both inter-annual phenological changes and local variations among trees, species, and sites.
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Short- and long-term efficacy of forest thinning to mitigate drought impacts in mountain forests in the European Alps.

TL;DR: It is concluded that thinning is a viable option for temporarily reducing the negative drought impacts on forests, but that efficient implementation of thinning should be contingent on a site-specific evaluation of the near term risk of significant drought, and how thinning will impact the rate and direction of climate driven forest conversion.
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Tree Size- and Age-Related Changes in Leaf Physiology and Their Influence on Carbon Gain

TL;DR: More integrated studies that consider the simultaneous roles of leaf structure, chemistry and stomatal and mesophyll factors are needed to disentangle and assign importance to the various factors responsible for decreases in carbon gain with tree age and size.
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Climate change 2007: the physical science basis

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Chlorophyll fluorescence—a practical guide

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