Future tree survival in European forests depends on understorey tree diversity

Abstract Climate change heavily threatens forest ecosystems worldwide and there is urgent need to understand what controls tree survival and forests stability. There is evidence that biodiversity can enhance ecosystem stability (Loreau and de Mazancourt in Ecol Lett 16:106–115, 2013; McCann in Natur...

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Main Authors: Maik Billing, Kirsten Thonicke, Boris Sakschewski, Werner von Bloh, Ariane Walz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25319-7