Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health : Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide
(2022) In Annual Review of Plant Biology 73. p.673-702- Abstract
Recent observations of elevated tree mortality following climate extremes, like heat and drought, raise concerns about climate change risks to global forest health. We currently lack both sufficient data and understanding to identify whether these observations represent a global trend toward increasing tree mortality. Here, we document events of sudden and unexpected elevated tree mortality following heat and drought events in ecosystems that previously were considered tolerant or not at risk of exposure. These events underscore the fact that climate change may affect forests with unexpected force in the future. We use the events as examples to highlight current difficulties and challenges for realistically predicting such tree... (More)
Recent observations of elevated tree mortality following climate extremes, like heat and drought, raise concerns about climate change risks to global forest health. We currently lack both sufficient data and understanding to identify whether these observations represent a global trend toward increasing tree mortality. Here, we document events of sudden and unexpected elevated tree mortality following heat and drought events in ecosystems that previously were considered tolerant or not at risk of exposure. These events underscore the fact that climate change may affect forests with unexpected force in the future. We use the events as examples to highlight current difficulties and challenges for realistically predicting such tree mortality events and the uncertainties about future forest condition. Advances in remote sensing technology and greater availably of high-resolution data, from both field assessments and satellites, are needed to improve both understanding and prediction of forest responses to future climate change.
(Less)
- author
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-05-20
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Climate Change, Droughts, Ecosystem, Forests, Trees/physiology
- in
- Annual Review of Plant Biology
- volume
- 73
- pages
- 30 pages
- publisher
- Annual Reviews
- external identifiers
-
- pmid:35231182
- scopus:85127267947
- ISSN
- 1543-5008
- DOI
- 10.1146/annurev-arplant-102820-012804
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 23e90411-7ca5-411d-8c69-126fcef7dc68
- date added to LUP
- 2022-09-28 12:12:42
- date last changed
- 2024-09-21 04:10:30
@article{23e90411-7ca5-411d-8c69-126fcef7dc68, abstract = {{<p>Recent observations of elevated tree mortality following climate extremes, like heat and drought, raise concerns about climate change risks to global forest health. We currently lack both sufficient data and understanding to identify whether these observations represent a global trend toward increasing tree mortality. Here, we document events of sudden and unexpected elevated tree mortality following heat and drought events in ecosystems that previously were considered tolerant or not at risk of exposure. These events underscore the fact that climate change may affect forests with unexpected force in the future. We use the events as examples to highlight current difficulties and challenges for realistically predicting such tree mortality events and the uncertainties about future forest condition. Advances in remote sensing technology and greater availably of high-resolution data, from both field assessments and satellites, are needed to improve both understanding and prediction of forest responses to future climate change.</p>}}, author = {{Hartmann, Henrik and Bastos, Ana and Das, Adrian J and Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane and Hammond, William M and Martínez-Vilalta, Jordi and McDowell, Nate G and Powers, Jennifer S and Pugh, Thomas A M and Ruthrof, Katinka X and Allen, Craig D}}, issn = {{1543-5008}}, keywords = {{Climate Change; Droughts; Ecosystem; Forests; Trees/physiology}}, language = {{eng}}, month = {{05}}, pages = {{673--702}}, publisher = {{Annual Reviews}}, series = {{Annual Review of Plant Biology}}, title = {{Climate Change Risks to Global Forest Health : Emergence of Unexpected Events of Elevated Tree Mortality Worldwide}}, url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-102820-012804}}, doi = {{10.1146/annurev-arplant-102820-012804}}, volume = {{73}}, year = {{2022}}, }