An estimate of organic carbon stored in French soils to a depth of 30 cm was made using
data from geo‐referenced databases. We produced statistics on carbon stocks in soils …

Leaf morphology was assessed in nine mixed oak stands (Quercus petraea and Q. robur)
located in eight European countries. Exhaustive sampling was used in an area of each stand …

Ecology Letters (2012) Abstract Model‐based projections of shifts in tree species range due
to climate change are becoming an important decision support tool for forest management. …

The aim of the present study was to explore possible effects of climate change on the geographic
range or local impact of several forest-pathogenic fungi. To this aim, (i) the parameters …

The aim of this paper is to illustrate how some extreme events could affect forest ecosystems.
Forest tree response can be analysed using dendroecological methods, as tree-ring widths …

Mountain regions are particularly susceptible and influenced by the effects of climate
change. In the Alps, temperature increased two times faster than in the Northern Hemisphere …

Large wild ungulates are a major biotic factor shaping plant communities. They influence
species abundance and occurrence directly by herbivory and plant dispersal, or indirectly by …

Aim Recent vegetation changes in mountain areas are often explained by climate warming.
However, effects of land‐use changes, such as recolonization of abandoned pastures by …

Morphological variability of oaks in Lorraine (northeastern France), was studied. Eight
hundred oaks were sampled in 80 stands covering a broad range of ecological variability; 10 …

Severe droughts limit tree growth and forest productivity worldwide, a phenomenon which is
expected to aggravate over the next decades. However, how drought intensity and climatic …