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Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree‐ring records of ten globally distributed forests by Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina J., Herrmann, Valentine, Rollinson, Christine R., Gonzalez, Bianca, Gonzalez‐Akre, Erika B., Pederson, Neil, Alexander, M. Ross, Allen, Craig D., Alfaro‐Sánchez, Raquel, Awada, Tala, Baltzer, Jennifer L., Baker, Patrick J., Birch, Joseph D., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Cherubini, Paolo, Davies, Stuart J., Dow, Cameron, Helcoski, Ryan, Kašpar, Jakub, Lutz, James A., Margolis, Ellis Q., Maxwell, Justin T., McMahon, Sean M., Piponiot, Camille, Russo, Sabrina E., Šamonil, Pavel, Sniderhan, Anastasia E., Tepley, Alan J., Vašíčková, Ivana, Vlam, Mart, Zuidema, Pieter A.

“…Tree rings provide an invaluable long‐term record for understanding how climate and other drivers shape tree growth and forest productivity. However,…”
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Functional diversity enhances tree growth and reduces herbivory damage in secondary broadleaf forests, but does not influence resilience to drought by Espelta, Josep Maria, Cruz‐Alonso, Verónica, Alfaro‐Sánchez, Raquel, Hampe, Arndt, Messier, Christian, Pino, Joan, Garcia, Cristina

“…Since the mid‐20th Century, Europe has experienced an unprecedented forest expansion associated with the abandonment of rural landscapes. Secondary forests may…”
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Land‐use legacies influence tree water‐use efficiency and nitrogen availability in recently established European forests by Guerrieri, Rossella, Correia, Marta, Martín‐Forés, Irene, Alfaro‐Sánchez, Raquel, Pino, Joan, Hampe, Arndt, Valladares, Fernando, Espelta, Josep Maria

“…Forest regrowth following farmland (agriculture and pasture) abandonment has been positively associated with a number of processes including the regulation of…”
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Black spruce (Picea mariana) seed availability and viability in boreal forests after large wildfires by Reid, Kirsten A., Day, Nicola J., Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Johnstone, Jill F., Cumming, Steven G., Mack, Michelle C., Turetsky, Merritt R., Walker, Xanthe J., Baltzer, Jennifer L.

“…AbstractKey messageBlack spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) has historically self-replaced following wildfire, but recent evidence suggests that this is…”
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Tree growth is more limited by drought in rear-edge forests most of the times by Camarero, J. Julio, Gazol, Antonio, Sangüesa-Barreda, Gabriel, Vergarechea, Marta, Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Cattaneo, Nicolás, Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M.

“…Background Equatorward, rear-edge tree populations are natural monitors to estimate species vulnerability to climate change. According to biogeographical…”
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The influence of postfire recovery and environmental conditions on boreal vegetation by Jorgensen, Alexis Gardiner, Alfaro‐Sánchez, Raquel, Cumming, Steven G., White, Alison L., Degré‐Timmons, Geneviève Éliane, Day, Nicola, Turetsky, Merritt, Johnstone, Jill F., Walker, Xanthe J., Baltzer, Jennifer L.

“…Climate change is increasing the frequency and extent of fires in the boreal biome of North America. These changes can alter the recovery of both canopy and…”
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Spontaneous forest regrowth in South‐West Europe: Consequences for nature's contributions to people by Martín‐Forés, Irene, Magro, Sandra, Bravo‐Oviedo, Andrés, Alfaro‐Sánchez, Raquel, Espelta, Josep M., Frei, Theresa, Valdés‐Correcher, Elena, Rodríguez Fernández‐Blanco, Carmen, Winkel, Georg, Gerzabek, Gabriel, González‐Martínez, Santiago C., Hampe, Arndt, Valladares, Fernando, Balvanera, Patricia

“…European forests are expanding and becoming denser following the widespread abandonment of farmland and rural areas. Spontaneous forest regrowth provides a…”
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What Drives Reproductive Maturity and Efficiency in Serotinous Boreal Conifers? by Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Johnstone, Jill F., Cumming, Steve G., Day, Nicola J., Mack, Michelle C., Walker, Xanthe J., Baltzer, Jennifer L.

“…In boreal North America, much of the landscape is covered by fire-adapted forests dominated by serotinous conifers. For these forests, reductions in fire…”
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Predation on Early Recruitment in Mediterranean Forests after Prescribed Fires by Javier Sagra, Daniel Moya, Pedro Antonio Plaza-Álvarez, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Raquel Alfaro-Sánchez, Jorge De Las Heras, Pablo Ferrandis

“…Wildfires play a significant role in many different elements of Mediterranean forest ecosystems. In recent years, prescribed fires have started being used more…”
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Low-severity fires in the boreal region: reproductive implications for black spruce stands in between stand-replacing fire events by Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Johnstone, Jill F, Baltzer, Jennifer L

“…Stand-replacing crown fires are the most prevalent type of fire regime in boreal forests in North America. However, a substantial proportion of low-severity…”
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Vegetation dynamics of managed Mediterranean forests 16 yr after large fires in southeastern Spain by Alfaro‐Sánchez, Raquel, Sánchez‐Salguero, Raúl, De las Heras, Jorge, Hernández‐Tecles, Enrique, Moya, Daniel, López‐Serrano, Francisco R, Hermy, Martin

“…QUESTION: Adaptive forest management requires scientific knowledge about post‐fire vegetation dynamics, mainly on initial and transitional stages. We…”
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Land use legacies drive higher growth, lower wood density and enhanced climatic sensitivity in recently established forests by Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Jump, Alistair S., Pino, Joan, Díez-Nogales, Oihane, Espelta, Josep Maria

“…•Recent forests show higher growth and lower wood density than long-established ones.•Recent forests are more sensitive to extreme negative and positive…”
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Establishment of second-growth forests in human landscapes: ecological mechanisms and genetic consequences by Hampe, Arndt, Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Martín-Forés, Irene

“…• Key message This special issue gathers articles arising from the ERA-NET BiodivERsA3 research project “Unraveling the Potential of Spontaneous Forest…”
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Disentangling the effects of competition and climate on individual tree growth: A retrospective and dynamic approach in Scots pine by Sánchez-Salguero, Raúl, Linares, Juan Carlos, Camarero, J. Julio, Madrigal-González, Jaime, Hevia, Andrea, Sánchez-Miranda, Ángela, Ballesteros-Cánovas, Juan A., Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, García-Cervigón, Ana I., Bigler, Christof, Rigling, Andreas

“…•Forest structure modulates Scots pine growth responses to climate.•Tree-to-tree competition and radial growth were negatively related.•Tree growth is strongly…”
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Disentangling the role of sex dimorphism and forest structure as drivers of growth and wood density in expanding Juniperus thurifera L. woodlands by Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Espelta, Josep Maria, Valladares, Fernando, Acuña-Míguez, Belén, Martín-Forés, Irene

“…Key message The dioecious tree species Juniperus thurifera L. is undergoing a spontaneous process of forest expansion in southwest Europe. We investigated how…”
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How do social status and tree architecture influence radial growth, wood density and drought response in spontaneously established oak forests? by Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Valdés-Correcher, Elena, Espelta, Josep Maria, Hampe, Arndt, Bert, Didier

“…Key message During the past decades, a multitude of oak stands have spontaneously established across the pine-dominated landscapes of the French Landes de…”
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Pre- and post-drought conditions drive resilience of Pinus halepensis across its distribution range by Veuillen, Léa, Prévosto, Bernard, Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Badeau, Vincent, Battipaglia, Giovanna, Beguería, Santiago, Bravo, Felipe, Boivin, Thomas, Camarero, J. Julio, Čufar, Katarina, Davi, Hendrik, De Luis, Martin, Del Campo, Antonio, Del Rio, Miren, Di Filippo, Alfredo, Dorman, Michael, Durand-Gillmann, Marion, Ferrio, Juan Pedro, Gea-Izquierdo, Guillermo, González-Sanchis, Maria, Granda, Elena, Guibal, Frederic, Gutierrez, Emilia, Helluy, Manon, El Khorchani, Ali, Klein, Tamir, Levillain, Joseph, Linares, Juan Carlos, Manrique-Alba, Angela, Martinez Vilalta, Jordi, Molina, Antonio J., Moreno‐Gutiérrez, Cristina, Nicault, Antoine, Olivar, Jorge, Papadopoulos, Andreas, Perevolotsky, Avi, Rathgeber, Cyrille, Ribas, Montse, Ripullone, Francesco, Ruano, Irene, Saintonge, Francois-Xavier, Sánchez-Salguero, Raul, Sarris, Dimitrios, Serra-Maluquer, Xavier, Svoray, Tal, Tallieu, Clara, Valor, Teresa, Vennetier, Michel, Voltas, Jordi, Cailleret, Maxime

“…•We studied Pinus halepensis resilience to drought across its distribution range.•Drought intensity reduced tree growth resistance but hardly affected its…”
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Growth and reproduction respond differently to climate in three Neotropical tree species by Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Muller-Landau, Helene C., Wright, S. Joseph, Camarero, J. Julio

“…The response of tropical forests to anthropogenic climate change is critically important to future global carbon budgets, yet remains highly uncertain. Here,…”
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What drives growth of Scots pine in continental Mediterranean climates: Drought, low temperatures or both? by Sánchez-Salguero, Raúl, Camarero, J. Julio, Hevia, Andrea, Madrigal-González, Jaime, Linares, Juan C., Ballesteros-Canovas, Juan A., Sánchez-Miranda, Angela, Alfaro-Sánchez, Raquel, Sangüesa-Barreda, Gabriel, Galván, J. Diego, Gutiérrez, Emilia, Génova, Mar, Rigling, Andreas

“…•High variability in space and time of tree-growth response to climate in Spain.•Negative impact of low summer rainfall on growth increases at low elevations…”
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No Future Growth Enhancement Expected at the Northern Edge for European Beech due to Continued Water Limitation by Klesse, Stefan, Peters, Richard L., Alfaro‐Sánchez, Raquel, Badeau, Vincent, Baittinger, Claudia, Battipaglia, Giovanna, Bert, Didier, Biondi, Franco, Bosela, Michal, Budeanu, Marius, Čada, Vojtěch, Camarero, J. Julio, Cavin, Liam, Claessens, Hugues, Cretan, Ana‐Maria, Čufar, Katarina, Luis, Martin, Dorado‐Liñán, Isabel, Dulamsuren, Choimaa, Espelta, Josep Maria, Garamszegi, Balazs, Grabner, Michael, Gricar, Jozica, Hacket‐Pain, Andrew, Hansen, Jon Kehlet, Hartl, Claudia, Hevia, Andrea, Hobi, Martina, Janda, Pavel, Jump, Alistair S., Kašpar, Jakub, Kazimirović, Marko, Keren, Srdjan, Kreyling, Juergen, Land, Alexander, Latte, Nicolas, Lebourgeois, François, Leuschner, Christoph, Lévesque, Mathieu, Longares, Luis A., Castillo, Edurne Martinez, Menzel, Annette, Merela, Maks, Mikoláš, Martin, Motta, Renzo, Muffler, Lena, Neycken, Anna, Nola, Paola, Panayotov, Momchil, Petritan, Any Mary, Petritan, Ion Catalin, Popa, Ionel, Prislan, Peter, Levanič, Tom, Roibu, Catalin‐Constantin, Rubio‐Cuadrado, Álvaro, Sánchez‐Salguero, Raúl, Šamonil, Pavel, Stajić, Branko, Svoboda, Miroslav, Tognetti, Roberto, Toromani, Elvin, Trotsiuk, Volodymyr, Maaten, Ernst, Maaten‐Theunissen, Marieke, Vannoppen, Astrid, Vašíčková, Ivana, Arx, Georg, Wilmking, Martin, Weigel, Robert, Zlatanov, Tzvetan, Zang, Christian, Buras, Allan

“…ABSTRACT With ongoing global warming, increasing water deficits promote physiological stress on forest ecosystems with negative impacts on tree growth,…”
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