Abstract
Purpose of Review This paper aims to retrace the most signifcant management strategies adopted across European beech forests over the last 25 years, highlighting those that are most efcient and promising. We investigate fve main topics including forest management, forest models, species mixture, genetic, and regeneration. Recent Findings European beech is one of the most widespread and important tree species for the European forest sector. In the light of the ongoing climate crisis, understanding the growth dynamics and the response of beech forests to climate change is crucial to identify advantageous management strategies. Ecology, growth, management, distribution, interaction with other species, genetic, and regeneration aspects of European beech were investigated in diferent geographical areas of Europe. Despite recent researches focusing on climate change issues, how adaptation and mitigation measures can be integrated into silvicultural guidelines to improve the resilience of European beech forests remains unclear. Summary To answer this question, we collected and reviewed articles about the management of European beech facing climate change, which were published in peer-reviewed journals over the last 25 years. Articles were grouped into fve geographic European areas, according to the classifcation used by the State of Europe’s forests. Obtained articles were further clustered into fve main topics: management, mixed forest, modelling, genetic, and regeneration. The review highlighted the importance of using long-term monitoring plots to understand the efect of climate change on the stability of European beech forests, suggesting climate-smart measures that would help these forests adapt to climate change.