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The assessment of forest vulnerability and resilience in the sight of global ecological, social and economic changes is a relevant issue. In recent decades, forest vulnerability is rapidly increasing worldwide and forecasting changes in tree health is becoming a challenge. Forest dieback episodes have been recorded in all biomes affecting different tree and shrub species. These dieback cases are revealing the high vulnerability of some species, particularly conifers, manifested as a loss in tree vigour, growth decline and sometimes tree death. Tree mortality commonly involves multiple, interacting factors, ranging from drought to insect pests and diseases, often making the determination of a single cause unrealistic. The need of understanding and predicting changes in tree mortality, growth and recruitment in response to dieback is essential to improve vegetation and C cycle models. Furthermore how adaptive forest management may be applied to improve the resistence and resiliance of forest stands subjected to dieback and mortality events needs to be better understood.
There is a common agreement on the key role of interdisciplinary research and the combined use of complementary tools to improve the monitoring and projection of forest vulnerability and dieback.
This session focuses on efforts to improve our understanding on: i) causes and mechanisms related to forest vulnerability and dieback; ii) potential changes in tree species composition, forest structure and extent of dieback under current and future climate change scenarios; iii) evaluation of which functional anatomical traits and hydraulic properties make some tree species or stands and tree populations more prone to environmental-induced dieback and decline IV) assesment of the role and interaction of insect disease and other abiotic factors on mortality; v) how trees die from drought and how to quantitatively assess tree mortality rates and the magnitude of tree mortality episodes associated to climate change events.
Contributions will focus on an integrated multi-scale (from cells to plant communities, ecosystems and global approaches), multi-temporal (from xylogenesis to long-term forecasting) and interdisciplinary (microscopy and individual Plant physiology to remote) frameworks. Contributions will focus also on modelling the mechanisms or relationships that use climate variability and trends as main drivers for forest planning and management.

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Convener: Francesco Ripullone | Co-conveners: Giovanna Battipaglia, Jesus Julio Camarero, Veronica De Micco, Fabrizio D Aprile
Orals
| Fri, 12 Apr, 16:15–18:00
 
Room 2.31
Posters
| Attendance Fri, 12 Apr, 08:30–10:15
 
Hall A

Attendance time: Friday, 12 April 2019, 08:30–10:15 | Hall A

Chairperson: Veronica De Micco
A.335 |
EGU2019-19019
Francesco Ripullone, Angelo Rita, Jesus Julio Camarero, Angelo Nolè, Sergio Vicente-Serrano, Osvaldo Pericolo, and Marco Borghetti
A.336 |
EGU2019-13079
Olalla Díaz-Yáñez, Timo Pukkala, Petteri Packalen, and Heli Peltola
A.337 |
EGU2019-8914
Hendrik Davi, Noélia López Garcia, Valentin Journé, Cathleen Petit, Hélène Fargeon, Guillaume Simioni, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Jean Marc Limousin, and Nicolas Martin
A.338 |
EGU2019-5995
Angela Balzano, Katarina Čufar, Jožica Gričar, Martin de Luis, and Veronica De Micco
A.339 |
EGU2019-14961
| Highlight
Jens Mincke, Michiel Hubeau, Christian Vanhove, Jan Courtyn, Stefaan Vandenberghe, and Kathy Steppe
A.340 |
EGU2019-14473
Michele Colengelo, Jesùs Julio Camarero, Jordi Voltas, and Francesco Ripullone
A.341 |
EGU2019-13742
Ana-Maria Hereş, Jorge Curiel Yuste, Alexandru Lucian Curtu, Any Mary Petriţan, and Ion Catalin Petriţan
A.342 |
EGU2019-15768
Estimation of canopy traits in a tree-grass ecosystem using PROSAIL+FLIGHT simulated reflectance and spectral indices
(withdrawn)
José Ramón Melendo-Vega, María Pilar Martín, Javier Pacheco-Labrador, Rosario González-Cascón, and David Riaño
A.343 |
EGU2019-7343
Alexander Bast, Frank Graf, Peter Bebi, and Holger Gärtner
A.344 |
EGU2019-2012
Silvana Fais, Michele Puxeddu, Francesco Cuccuru, and Nicola Cau
A.345 |
EGU2019-2781
Martin Ehbrecht, Peter Schall, Christian Ammer, and Dominik Seidel
A.347 |
EGU2019-3723
| Highlight
Georgeta Mihai, Maria Teodosiu, Marius Victor Birsan, Alexandru Dumitrescu, Alin Madalin Alexandru, and Ionel Mirancea
A.348 |
EGU2019-6525
The research of increase in the number and location environment of the dead Korean Fir(Abies Koreana), over the past decade, which inhabit on the main sub-alpine zone of Jirisan National Park in South Korea.
(withdrawn)
Hong-chul Park, Gun-soo Moon, Seong-Geun Lim, Ho Lee, and Jae-Young Song
A.349 |
EGU2019-13721
Stand development and annual aboveground net primary production with Japanese cedar and Taiwania plantations in Xitou
(withdrawn)
Chih-Hsin Cheng, Chia-Yi Lee, and Oleg Menyailo