post-drought recovery of the most affected forests (Gazol and Camarero 2016).
Achieving such effective management measures to prevent or buffer some of the
adverse effects of drought-induced dieback or to enhance forest resilience is a
challenge for managers and researchers.
References
Allen CD, Breshears DD, McDowell NG (2015) On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree
mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene. Ecosphere 6:129
Allen CD, Macalady AK, Chenchouni H, Bachelet D, McDowell N, Vennetier M, Kitzberger T,
Rigling A, Breshears DD, Hogg EH, Gonzalez P, Fensham R, Zhang Z, Castro J, Demidova N,
Lim J-H, Allard G, Running SW, Semerci A, Cobb N (2010) A global overview of drought and
heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests. For Ecol Manag
259:660–684
Auclair AND (2005) Patterns and general characteristics of severe forest dieback from 1950 to
1995 in the northeastern United States. Can J For Res 35:1342–1355
Aussenac G (2002) Ecology and ecophysiology of circum-mediterranean firs in the context of
climate change. Ann For Sci 59:823–832
Barry RG (2008) Mountain weather and climate. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Becker M, Landmann G, Lévy G (1989) Silver fir decline in the Vosges mountains (France): role
of climate and silviculture. Water Air Soil Pollut 48:77–86
Bert GD (1993) Impact of ecological factors, climatic stresses, and pollution on growth of the
silver fir (Abies alba) in the Jura mountains: an ecological and dendrochronological study. Acta
Oecol 14:229–246
Bigler C, Braker OU, Bugmann H, Dobbertin M, Rigling A (2006) Drought as an inciting
mortality factor in Scots pine stands of the Valais, Switzerland. Ecosystems 9:330–343
Bonan GB (2008) Forests and climate change: forcings, feedbacks, and the climate benefits of
forests. Science 320:1444–1449
Breshears DD, Allen CD (2002) The importance of rapid, disturbance-induced losses in carbon
management and sequestration. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 11:1–5
Cabrera M (2001) Evolución de abetares del Pirineo aragonés. Cuadernos de la Sociedad Española
de Ciencias Forestales 11:43–52
Camarero JJ (2011) Direct and indirect effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation on tree growth and
forest decline in northeastern Spain. In: Vicente-Serrano SM, Trigo RM (eds) Hydrological,
socioeconomic and ecological impacts of the north atlantic oscillation in the mediterranean
region. Advances in global change research, vol 46. Springer, pp 129–152
Camarero JJ, Padró A, Martín-Bernal E, Gil-Pelegrín E (2002) Aproximación dendroecológica al
decaimiento del abeto (Abies alba Mill.) en el Pirineo aragonés. Montes 70:26–33
Camarero JJ, Martín-Bernal E, Gil-Pelegrín E (2003) The impact of a needleminer (Epinotia
subsequana) outbreak on radial growth of silver fir (Abies alba) in the Aragón Pyrenees: a
dendrochronological assessment. Dendrochronologia 21:1–10
Camarero JJ, Bigler C, Linares JC, Gil-Pelegrín E (2011) Synergistic effects of past historical
logging and drought on the decline of Pyrenean silver fir forests. For Ecol Manag 262:759–769
Camarero JJ, Gazol A, Sangüesa-Barreda G, Oliva J, Vicente-Serrano SM (2015) To die or not to
die: early-warning signals of dieback in response to a severe drought. J Ecol 103:44–57
Cook ER, Krusic PJ (2005) Program Arstan, a tree-ring standardization program based on
detrending and autoregressive time series modeling, with interactive graphics. Tree-Ring
Laboratory, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY
152
J.J. Camarero
Achieving such effective management measures to prevent or buffer some of the
adverse effects of drought-induced dieback or to enhance forest resilience is a
challenge for managers and researchers.
References
Allen CD, Breshears DD, McDowell NG (2015) On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree
mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene. Ecosphere 6:129
Allen CD, Macalady AK, Chenchouni H, Bachelet D, McDowell N, Vennetier M, Kitzberger T,
Rigling A, Breshears DD, Hogg EH, Gonzalez P, Fensham R, Zhang Z, Castro J, Demidova N,
Lim J-H, Allard G, Running SW, Semerci A, Cobb N (2010) A global overview of drought and
heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests. For Ecol Manag
259:660–684
Auclair AND (2005) Patterns and general characteristics of severe forest dieback from 1950 to
1995 in the northeastern United States. Can J For Res 35:1342–1355
Aussenac G (2002) Ecology and ecophysiology of circum-mediterranean firs in the context of
climate change. Ann For Sci 59:823–832
Barry RG (2008) Mountain weather and climate. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Becker M, Landmann G, Lévy G (1989) Silver fir decline in the Vosges mountains (France): role
of climate and silviculture. Water Air Soil Pollut 48:77–86
Bert GD (1993) Impact of ecological factors, climatic stresses, and pollution on growth of the
silver fir (Abies alba) in the Jura mountains: an ecological and dendrochronological study. Acta
Oecol 14:229–246
Bigler C, Braker OU, Bugmann H, Dobbertin M, Rigling A (2006) Drought as an inciting
mortality factor in Scots pine stands of the Valais, Switzerland. Ecosystems 9:330–343
Bonan GB (2008) Forests and climate change: forcings, feedbacks, and the climate benefits of
forests. Science 320:1444–1449
Breshears DD, Allen CD (2002) The importance of rapid, disturbance-induced losses in carbon
management and sequestration. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 11:1–5
Cabrera M (2001) Evolución de abetares del Pirineo aragonés. Cuadernos de la Sociedad Española
de Ciencias Forestales 11:43–52
Camarero JJ (2011) Direct and indirect effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation on tree growth and
forest decline in northeastern Spain. In: Vicente-Serrano SM, Trigo RM (eds) Hydrological,
socioeconomic and ecological impacts of the north atlantic oscillation in the mediterranean
region. Advances in global change research, vol 46. Springer, pp 129–152
Camarero JJ, Padró A, Martín-Bernal E, Gil-Pelegrín E (2002) Aproximación dendroecológica al
decaimiento del abeto (Abies alba Mill.) en el Pirineo aragonés. Montes 70:26–33
Camarero JJ, Martín-Bernal E, Gil-Pelegrín E (2003) The impact of a needleminer (Epinotia
subsequana) outbreak on radial growth of silver fir (Abies alba) in the Aragón Pyrenees: a
dendrochronological assessment. Dendrochronologia 21:1–10
Camarero JJ, Bigler C, Linares JC, Gil-Pelegrín E (2011) Synergistic effects of past historical
logging and drought on the decline of Pyrenean silver fir forests. For Ecol Manag 262:759–769
Camarero JJ, Gazol A, Sangüesa-Barreda G, Oliva J, Vicente-Serrano SM (2015) To die or not to
die: early-warning signals of dieback in response to a severe drought. J Ecol 103:44–57
Cook ER, Krusic PJ (2005) Program Arstan, a tree-ring standardization program based on
detrending and autoregressive time series modeling, with interactive graphics. Tree-Ring
Laboratory, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY
152
J.J. Camarero