Forest mortality due to drought: latest insights, evidence and unresolved questions on physiological pathways and consequences of tree death

Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type shrubland in South Africa

(2012) A. G. West et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Nocturnal stomatal conductance responses to rising [CO2], temperature and drought

(2011) Melanie J. B. Zeppel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tree responses to drought

(2011) M. G. Ryan   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

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

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

(2010) Anna Sala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-induced mortality of a foundation species (Juniperus monosperma) promotes positive afterlife effects in understory vegetation

(2010) J. M. Kane et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

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

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

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

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE