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Unimodal response of tree species richness to increases in aboveground productivity is evident in grasslands butto a lesser extent in forests, where confounding factors (e.g., abiotic factors and management regimes) may alterthe response and compromise the delivery of ecosystem services. We hypothesize that unimodalresponse of bio-mass accumulation through increased species richness leads to greater tree above ground carbon (AGC) stocksand thus climate regulation but not necessarily higher timber volume production for human consumption acrossportions of North American and European forests. Wefirst evaluated the biodiversity-productivity pattern andassessed if the addition of potential confounding variables altered the response. Afterwards, we integrated directand indirect effects of species richness and confounding factors in the modelling of aboveground carbon stockand timber volume. We confirm an increase in carbon stocks concomitant with an increase in tree species rich-ness up to an optimum biomass value in both regions. Tree species richness had a marginal effect on both above-groundcarbonstocks and timber volumewitha trade-offinthe easternUS. Biomassaccumulation islower intreeplantations than in natural forests, although volume increased with species richness. Naturally-regenerated for-ests needed as much as double the number of tree species than plantations to reach the same carbon stocks. Dis-tinct ecosystem services (AGC and timber volume) showed unique pathways of achieving their maximumprovisioning. As increasing forest resilience to global change requires a fundamental understanding of howtree species combine with changing climatic conditions to drive the provisioning of various ecosystem services,further examination of this study'sfindings across additional biogeographical regions may lead the way tounraveling such dynamics and empowering adaptive management., We acknowledge support of the publication fee by the CSIC Open Access Publication Support Initiative through its Unit of Information Resources for Research (URICI).

Centro de Investigación Forestal (CIFOR), The increasing demand for innovative forest management strategies to adapt to and mitigate climate change and benefit forest production, the so-called Climate-Smart Forestry, calls for a tool to monitor and evaluate their implementation and their effects on forest development over time. The pan-European set of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management is considered one of the most important tools for assessing many aspects of forest management and sustainability. This study offers an analytical approach to selecting a subset of indicators to support the implementation of Climate-Smart Forestry. Based on a literature review and the analytical hierarchical approach, 10 indicators were selected to assess, in particular, mitigation and adaptation. These indicators were used to assess the state of the Climate-Smart Forestry trend in Europe from 1990 to 2015 using data from the reports on the State of Europe’s Forests. Forest damage, tree species composition, and carbon stock were the most important indicators. Though the trend was overall positive with regard to adaptation and mitigation, its evaluation was partly hindered by the lack of data. We advocate for increased efforts to harmonize international reporting and for further integrating the goals of Climate-Smart Forestry into national-and European-level forest policy making., This study generated from the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action CLIMO (Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions — CA15226) was financially supported by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020. Most of the work was carried out during the Short Term Scientific Mission that Giovanni Santopuoli undertook at the WSL in Birmensdorf (Switzerland) hosted by Christian Temperli, Alessandra Bottero, Paolo Cherubini, and Marco Ferretti., 10 Pág.