Dear Colleagues of the IUFRO Beech Working Group, I hope you are all doing great. It is my pleasure to share an article on the die-back of European beech trees with you. Chakraborty, T., Saha, S., Matzarakis, A., Reif, A. (2017): Influence of multiple biotic and abiotic factors on the crown die-back of European beech trees at their drought limit. Flora, 229: 58 - 70. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036725301733133X I have also attached the pdf version. I hope this article will be interesting for you. With kind regards, Tamalika Dr. rer. nat. Tamalika Chakraborty Chair of Site Classification and Vegetation Science Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources University of Freiburg Tennenbacherstr. 4 79085 Freiburg, Germany