Tree mortality from drought, insects, and their interactions in a changing climate

Integrating models to investigate critical phenological overlaps in complex ecological interactions: The mountain pine beetle-fungus symbiosis

(2015) Audrey Addison et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage

(2015) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   Nature Geoscience

Global satellite monitoring of climate-induced vegetation disturbances

(2015) Nate G. McDowell et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A general ecophysiological framework for modelling the impact of pests and pathogens on forest ecosystems.

(2014) Michael C. Dietze et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impact ofEntomophaga maimaiga(Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) on Outbreak Gypsy Moth Populations (Lepidoptera: Erebidae): The Role of Weather

(2014) James R. Reilly et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Impact of mountain pine beetle induced mortality on forest carbon and water fluxes

(2014) David E Reed et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Do water-limiting conditions predispose Norway spruce to bark beetle attack?

(2014) Sigrid Netherer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Patterns and causes of observed piñon pine mortality in the southwestern United States

(2014) Arjan J. H. Meddens et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Simulated climate warming alters phenological synchrony between an outbreak insect herbivore and host trees

(2014) Ezra G. Schwartzberg et al.   OECOLOGIA

Loss of whole-tree hydraulic conductance during severe drought and multi-year forest die-off

(2014) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   OECOLOGIA

Coping with drought-induced xylem cavitation: coordination of embolism repair and ionic effects in three Mediterranean evergreens

(2014) P. Trifilo et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Drought survival of tropical tree seedlings enhanced by non-structural carbohydrate levels

(2014) Michael J. O’Brien et al.   Nature Climate Change

Drought-induced woody plant mortality in an encroached semi-arid savanna depends on topoedaphic factors and land management

(2013) Dirac Twidwell et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Confronting terrestrial biosphere models with forest inventory data

(2013) Jeremy W. Lichstein et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Phenology and density-dependent dispersal predict patterns of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) impact

(2013) James A. Powell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Consequences of climate change for biotic disturbances in North American forests

(2013) Aaron S. Weed et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Drought induces spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreaks across northwestern Colorado

(2013) Sarah J. Hart et al.   ECOLOGY

A Review of Bronze Birch Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Life History, Ecology, and Management

(2013) Vanessa L. Muilenburg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Recent declines of Populus tremuloides in North America linked to climate

(2013) James J. Worrall et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Climate, weather, and recent mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the western United States

(2013) Eric P. Creeden et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The Bark Beetle Holobiont: Why Microbes Matter

(2013) Diana L. Six   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

The role of temperature variability in stabilizing the mountain pine beetle–fungus mutualism

(2013) A.L. Addison et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Drought predisposes piñon-juniper woodlands to insect attacks and mortality

(2013) Monica L. Gaylord et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought

(2013) Thomas L. Powell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel-experiment framework

(2013) Nate G. McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Shoot desiccation and hydraulic failure in temperate woody angiosperms during an extreme summer drought

(2013) Andrea Nardini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses

(2013) SANNA SEVANTO et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

An Integrated Model of Environmental Effects on Growth, Carbohydrate Balance, and Mortality of Pinus ponderosa Forests in the Southern Rocky Mountains

(2013) Christina L. Tague et al.   PLoS One

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

(2013) M. Urli et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Guess the impact of Ips typographus—An ecosystem modelling approach for simulating spruce bark beetle outbreaks

(2012) Anna Maria Jönsson et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Spatiotemporal patterns of observed bark beetle-caused tree mortality in British Columbia and the western United States

(2012) Arjan J. H. Meddens et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Climate and weather influences on spatial temporal patterns of mountain pine beetle populations in Washington and Oregon

(2012) Haiganoush K. Preisler et al.   ECOLOGY

Spatiotemporal patterns of mountain pine beetle activity in the southern Rocky Mountains

(2012) Teresa B. Chapman et al.   ECOLOGY

Precipitation manipulation experiments - challenges and recommendations for the future

(2012) Claus Beier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Variation in carbon availability, defense chemistry and susceptibility to fungal invasion along the stems of mature trees

(2012) Devin W. Goodsman et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Infestation and Hydraulic Consequences of Induced Carbon Starvation

(2012) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Consequences of Climate Warming and Altered Precipitation Patterns for Plant-Insect and Multitrophic Interactions

(2012) M. A. Jamieson et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?

(2012) A. Sala et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Linking definitions, mechanisms, and modeling of drought-induced tree death

(2012) William R.L. Anderegg et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

(2012) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   Nature Climate Change

Dynamics of carbon exchange in a Eucalyptus forest in response to interacting disturbance factors

(2011) H. Keith et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Secondary insects and diseases contribute to sudden aspen decline in southwestern Colorado, USA

(2011) Suzanne Bethers Marchetti et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects of biotic disturbances on forest carbon cycling in the United States and Canada

(2011) Jeffrey A. Hicke et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Simulating coupled carbon and nitrogen dynamics following mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the western United States

(2011) Steven L. Edburg et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Mountain pine beetle host-range expansion threatens the boreal forest

(2011) CATHERINE I. CULLINGHAM et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Transcriptome Response to Embolism Formation in Stems of Populus trichocarpa Provides Insight into Signaling and the Biology of Refilling

(2011) F. Secchi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The roles of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off

(2011) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

(2011) Nate G. McDowell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Climate Change and Bark Beetles of the Western United States and Canada: Direct and Indirect Effects

(2010) Barbara J. Bentz et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Spruce budworm and management effects on forest and wood product carbon for an intensively managed forest

(2010) Chris R. Hennigar et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Future Spruce Budworm Outbreak May Create a Carbon Source in Eastern Canadian Forests

(2010) Caren C. Dymond et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Observations and modeling of aboveground tree carbon stocks and fluxes following a bark beetle outbreak in the western United States

(2010) ERIC M. PFEIFER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Impacts of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and O3 on Forests: Phytochemistry, Trophic Interactions, and Ecosystem Dynamics

(2010) Richard L. Lindroth   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Assessing uncertainties in a second-generation dynamic vegetation model caused by ecological scale limitations

(2010) Rosie Fisher et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Starch-to-sugar conversion in wood parenchyma of field-growingLaurus nobilisplants: a component of the signal pathway for embolism repair?

(2009) Sebastiano Salleo et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Connecting phenological predictions with population growth rates for mountain pine beetle, an outbreak insect

(2009) James A. Powell et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Cross-scale Drivers of Natural Disturbances Prone to Anthropogenic Amplification: The Dynamics of Bark Beetle Eruptions

(2008) Kenneth F. Raffa et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change

(2008) W. A. Kurz et al.   NATURE

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

(2008) Nate McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude

(2008) C. A. Deutsch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE

Rapid mortality of Populus tremuloides in southwestern Colorado, USA

(2007) James J. Worrall et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT