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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1355-2024
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Frost matters: incorporating late-spring frost into a dynamic vegetation model regulates regional productivity dynamics in European beech forests
Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Allan Buras
Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Konstantin Gregor
Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Lucia S. Layritz
Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Adriana Principe
Centre for Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (cE3c-FCUL),Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal
Jürgen Kreyling
Experimental Plant Ecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
Anja Rammig
Land Surface–Atmosphere Interactions, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Christian S. Zang
Institute for Ecology and Landscape, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Freising, Germany
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- Coinciding spring and autumn frosts have a limited impact on carbon fluxes in a grassland ecosystem J. Han et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59761-8
- Identifying drought signals of different forest types: Combining ground surveys and satellite data in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany H. Wild et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.124062
- Ecophysiological Responses of Triterpene Glycosides in Buds of Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem. to Late Spring Frost with Soil-Mediated Effects N. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14142115
- Thresholds for spring freeze: measuring risk to improve predictions in a warming world E. Kirchhof et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70453
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- Emerging trend of increasing spring frost damage for beech at higher elevations in the Jura Mountains: evidence from tree‐ring data Y. Vitasse et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70471
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11 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Dealing With Two Stresses: Impact of a Damaging Spring Frost Followed by a Summer Drought on Saplings of Four Temperate Tree Species N. Luo et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15514
- Coinciding spring and autumn frosts have a limited impact on carbon fluxes in a grassland ecosystem J. Han et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59761-8
- Identifying drought signals of different forest types: Combining ground surveys and satellite data in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany H. Wild et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.124062
- Ecophysiological Responses of Triterpene Glycosides in Buds of Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem. to Late Spring Frost with Soil-Mediated Effects N. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14142115
- Thresholds for spring freeze: measuring risk to improve predictions in a warming world E. Kirchhof et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70453
- Tree-Ring Proxies for Forest Productivity Reconstruction: Advances and Future Directions R. Yu & M. Li https://doi.org/10.3390/f16121803
- Comparison of simulations from a state-of-the-art dynamic global vegetation model (LPJ-GUESS) driven by low- and high-resolution climate data D. Otryakhin et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-9101-2025
- Frost matters: incorporating late-spring frost into a dynamic vegetation model regulates regional productivity dynamics in European beech forests B. Meyer et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-1355-2024
- Late spring frost delays tree spring phenology by reducing photosynthetic productivity J. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02205-w
- Emerging trend of increasing spring frost damage for beech at higher elevations in the Jura Mountains: evidence from tree‐ring data Y. Vitasse et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70471
- Influence of decade temperatures of the spring season on the phenological shifts of Betula pendula Roth. and Tilia cordata Mill. in the conditions of the urbanoecosystem (using the example of Voronezh city) O. Serebryakov & N. yakovenko https://doi.org/10.34220/issn.2222-7962/2026.1/7
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Short summary
Late-spring frost (LSF), critically low temperatures when trees have already flushed their leaves, results in freezing damage leaving trees with reduced ability to perform photosynthesis. Forests with a high proportion of susceptible species like European beech are particularly vulnerable. However, this process is rarely included in dynamic vegetation models (DVMs). We show that the effect on simulated productivity and biomass is substantial, warranting more widespread inclusion of LSF in DVMs.
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