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  • Global change, driven by climate change and human activities like urbanization and trade, significantly impacts plant health at various levels, leading to both direct and indirect ecological stress.
  • Direct effects include resource shortages, while indirect effects feature increased pest pressures, the introduction of invasive species, and climate-related phenomena, complicating predictions and management strategies.
  • The review highlights critical issues in plant health, such as tree mortality and biological invasions, and offers practical landscape management guidelines based on recent research findings.

Article Abstract

Global change (climate change together with other worldwide anthropogenic processes such as increasing trade, air pollution and urbanization) will affect plant health at the genetic, individual, population and landscape level. Direct effects include ecosystem stress due to natural resources shortage or imbalance. Indirect effects include (i) an increased frequency of natural detrimental phenomena, (ii) an increased pressure due to already present pests and diseases, (iii) the introduction of new invasive species either as a result of an improved suitability of the climatic conditions or as a result of increased trade, and (iv) the human response to global change. In this review, we provide an overview of recent studies on terrestrial plant health in the presence of global change factors. We summarize the links between climate change and some key issues in plant health, including tree mortality, changes in wildfire regimes, biological invasions and the role of genetic diversity for ecosystem resilience. Prediction and management of global change effects are complicated by interactions between globalization, climate and invasive plants and/or pathogens. We summarize practical guidelines for landscape management and draw general conclusions from an expanding body of literature.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00123.xDOI Listing

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