Scots pine
Scots pine can recover the wood lost in years of extreme drought over the next decade
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) is a critically important species throughout Europe, both ecologically and economically, and is the cornerstone of Scotland's pinewoods. At CREAF we take part in a pioneering research on how to recover from extreme droughts, led by the University of Stirling.
CREAF researchers uncover how climate change-provoked substitutions of pines with holm oak affect soil respiration
Scots pine is the tree species with the greatest latitudinal distribution between Siberia and the Iberian Peninsula. The death of these pines due to drought does not affect CO2 emissions from forest soil.