Forest dieback

These episodes can have disastrous consequences such as reduced resiliency of the ecosystem,[2] disappearing important symbiotic relationships[3] and thresholds.

[4] Some tipping points for major climate change forecast in the next century are directly related to forest diebacks.

[5] Forest dieback refers to the phenomenon of a stand of trees losing health and dying without an obvious cause.

Previous diebacks were regionally limited, however, starting at the end of the 1970s, a decline took over the forests in Central Europe and parts of North America.

[8] The components of a forest ecosystem are complex and identifying specific cause–effect relationships between dieback and the environment is a difficult process.

As agreed upon between the scientific exchanges of Germany and the United States in 1988:[7] Forest dieback can be caused by a multitude of factors, however, once they occur, they can have certain consequences.

Changes in mean annual temperature and drought are major contributing factors to forest dieback.