@article{ISI:000368458800058,
 abstract = {Forests play a key role in the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems.
One of the main uncertainties in global change predictions lies in how
the spatiotemporal dynamics of forest productivity will be affected by
climate warming. Here we show an increasing influence of climate on the
spatial variability of tree growth during the last 120 y, ultimately
leading to unprecedented temporal coherence in ring-width records over
wide geographical scales (spatial synchrony). Synchrony in growth
patterns across cold-constrained (central Siberia) and
drought-constrained (Spain) Eurasian conifer forests have peaked in the
early 21st century at subcontinental scales (similar to 1,000 km). Such
enhanced synchrony is similar to that observed in trees co-occurring
within a stand. In boreal forests, the combined effects of recent
warming and increasing intensity of climate extremes are enhancing
synchrony through an earlier start of wood formation and a stronger
impact of year-to-year fluctuations of growing-season temperatures on
growth. In Mediterranean forests, the impact of warming on synchrony is
related mainly to an advanced onset of growth and the strengthening of
drought-induced growth limitations. Spatial patterns of enhanced
synchrony represent early warning signals of climate change impacts on
forest ecosystems at subcontinental scales.},
 author = {Shestakova, <NAME>. and Gutierrez, Emilia and Kirdyanov, <NAME>.
and <NAME>, Jesus and Genova, Mar and Knorre, <NAME>. and
<NAME>, Juan and <NAME>, Victor and Sanchez-Salguero,
Raul and Voltas, Jordi},
 doi = {10.1073/pnas.1514717113},
 issn = {0027-8424},
 journal = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA},
 month = {JAN 19},
 number = {3},
 orcid-numbers = {Shestakova, Tatiana/0000-0002-5605-0299
de Dios, Victor Resco/0000-0002-5721-1656
Camarero, J. Julio/0000-0003-2436-2922
Linares, J<NAME>/0000-0001-8375-6353
Gutierrez, Emilia/0000-0002-6085-5700
A, Kirdyanov V/0000-0002-6797-4964
Voltas, Jordi/0000-0003-4051-1158},
 pages = {662-667},
 researcherid-numbers = {Shestakova, Tatiana/S-4198-2016
de Dios, Victor Resco/AAH-3655-2019
Camarero, J. Julio/A-8602-2013
Linares, Juan Carlos/G-3474-2011
Gutierrez, Emilia/O-7568-2014
A, Kirdyanov V/J-6789-2013
Voltas, Jordi/D-3280-2013
Genova, Mar/R-8395-2018
Voltas, Jordi/N-9587-2019},
 title = {Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in
response to climate warming},
 unique-id = {ISI:000368458800058},
 volume = {113},
 year = {2016}
}

