A new long-term study reveals alarming insights into the impact of climate change on European beech (Fagus sylvatica), one of Europe's most widespread and ecologically important tree species.
The complex relationship between rising temperatures, seed production and beech tree growth is revealed in a new University of Liverpool-led study ...
“Our research demonstrates that climate warming – independent of changes in drought – results in growth decline because it ...
"This result is important because it suggests that beech growing in less drought ... into reproduction but it is the seed predators that benefit, not the trees themselves." The findings paint ...