Drought-related tree mortality: addressing the gaps in understanding and prediction

Combining mechanism and drift in community ecology: a novel statistical mechanics approach

(2015) J. Bertram et al.   Theoretical Ecology

Phloem transport and drought

(2014) S. Sevanto   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Functional and biological diversity of foliar spectra in tree canopies throughout the Andes to Amazon region

(2014) Gregory P. Asner et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Temporal scales for the coordination of tree carbon and water economies during droughts

(2014) M. Mencuccini   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Co-ordination of growth, gas exchange and hydraulics define the carbon safety margin in tree species with contrasting drought strategies

(2014) P. J. Mitchell et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Optimal plant water-use strategies under stochastic rainfall

(2014) Stefano Manzoni et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Plump trees win under drought

(2014) Anna Sala et al.   Nature Climate Change

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

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

Exposure of trees to drought-induced die-off is defined by a common climatic threshold across different vegetation types

(2014) Patrick J. Mitchell et al.   Ecology and Evolution

An ecohydrological perspective on drought-induced forest mortality

(2014) Anthony J. Parolari et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Nonstructural Carbon in Woody Plants

(2013) Michael C. Dietze et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Statistical patterns in tropical tree cover explained by the different water demand of individual trees and grasses

(2013) Jason Bertram et al.   ECOLOGY

A novel probabilistic risk analysis to determine the vulnerability of ecosystems to extreme climatic events

(2013) Marcel van Oijen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Drought characteristics' role in widespread aspen forest mortality across Colorado, USA

(2013) Leander D. L. Anderegg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

(2013) Markus Reichstein et al.   NATURE

The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability

(2013) Camilo Mora et al.   NATURE

Our limited ability to predict vegetation dynamics under water stress

(2013) Chonggang Xu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Moving beyond photosynthesis: from carbon source to sink-driven vegetation modeling

(2013) Simone Fatichi 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

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

Global change-type drought-induced tree mortality: vapor pressure deficit is more important than temperature per se in causing decline in tree health

(2013) Derek Eamus et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Bayesian analysis of canopy transpiration models: A test of posterior parameter means against measurements

(2012) D. Scott Mackay et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

A re-evaluation of carbon storage in trees lends greater support for carbon limitation to growth

(2012) Erin Wiley et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Why does leaf nitrogen decline within tree canopies less rapidly than light? An explanation from optimization subject to a lower bound on leaf mass per area

(2012) R. C. Dewar et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Modeling carbon allocation in trees: a search for principles

(2012) O. Franklin 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

Strategies of a Bornean tropical rainforest water use as a function of rainfall regime: isohydric or anisohydric?

(2011) TOMO'OMI KUMAGAI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Widespread crown condition decline, food web disruption, and amplified tree mortality with increased climate change-type drought

(2011) J. Carnicer 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

Drought-Induced Multifactor Decline of Scots Pine in the Pyrenees and Potential Vegetation Change by the Expansion of Co-occurring Oak Species

(2010) L. Galiano et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Massive mortality of aspen following severe drought along the southern edge of the Canadian boreal forest

(2010) MICHAEL MICHAELIAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Rosie Fisher et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Amazonian rain forests and drought: response and vulnerability

(2010) Patrick Meir et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effect of 7 yr of experimental drought on vegetation dynamics and biomass storage of an eastern Amazonian rainforest

(2010) Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Multiple mechanisms of Amazonian forest biomass losses in three dynamic global vegetation models under climate change

(2010) David Galbraith et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality are far from being resolved

(2010) Anna Sala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Maximum entropy production and plant optimization theories

(2010) R. C. Dewar   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Optimal Function Explains Forest Responses to Global Change

(2009) Roderick C. Dewar et al.   BIOSCIENCE

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

Linking phloem function to structure: Analysis with a coupled xylem–phloem transport model

(2009) T. Hölttä et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought

(2009) H. D. Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest

(2009) O. L. Phillips et al.   SCIENCE

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

Hydraulic Failure Defines the Recovery and Point of Death in Water-Stressed Conifers

(2008) T. J. Brodribb et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Statistical mechanics unifies different ecological patterns

(2007) Roderick C. Dewar et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY