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

Sudden forest canopy collapse corresponding with extreme drought and heat in a mediterranean-type eucalypt forest in southwestern Australia

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Drought-induced defoliation and long periods of near-zero gas exchange play a key role in accentuating metabolic decline of Scots pine

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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

Nonstructural leaf carbohydrate dynamics ofPinus edulisduring drought-induced tree mortality reveal role for carbon metabolism in mortality mechanism

(2013) Henry D. Adams et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Counting the costs of multiple stressors: is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?

(2013) P. J. Mitchell et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Carbon dynamics of eucalypt seedlings exposed to progressive drought in elevated [CO2] and elevated temperature

(2013) H. Duan et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

On the Measurement of Heat Waves

(2012) S. E. Perkins et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Drought response strategies define the relative contributions of hydraulic dysfunction and carbohydrate depletion during tree mortality

(2012) Patrick J. Mitchell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hot days induced by precipitation deficits at the global scale

(2012) B. Mueller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality

(2012) A. Park Williams 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

Understanding and partitioning future climates for Australian regions from CMIP3 using ocean warming indices

(2011) Ian Geoffrey Watterson   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Remotely sensed heat anomalies linked with Amazonian forest biomass declines

(2011) Michael Toomey et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Extreme climatic events and vegetation: the role of stabilizing processes

(2011) Francisco Lloret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Carbon reserves and canopy defoliation determine the recovery of Scots pine 4 yr after a drought episode

(2011) L. Galiano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality

(2011) N. G. McDowell   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

Associations between growth, wood anatomy, carbon isotope discrimination and mortality in a Quercus robur forest

(2011) T. Levanic et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Elevated CO2 enhances leaf senescence during extreme drought in a temperate forest

(2011) J. M. Warren et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

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

Xylem function and growth rate interact to determine recovery rates after exposure to extreme water deficit

(2010) Tim J. Brodribb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Whole-system responses of experimental plant communities to climate extremes imposed in different seasons

(2010) Hans J. De Boeck et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Variation in woody plant mortality and dieback from severe drought among soils, plant groups, and species within a northern Arizona ecotone

(2010) Dan F. Koepke et al.   OECOLOGIA

Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009

(2010) M. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

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

Assimilation exceeds respiration sensitivity to drought: A FLUXNET synthesis

(2009) CHRISTOPHER R. SCHWALM et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Southern Africa Summer Drought and Heat Waves: Observations and Coupled Model Behavior

(2009) Bradfield Lyon   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index

(2009) Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Influence of Rainfall Scenario Construction Methods on Runoff Projections

(2009) Freddie S. Mpelasoka et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY

Lack of direct evidence for the carbon-starvation hypothesis to explain drought-induced mortality in trees

(2009) A. Sala   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climatic extremes improve predictions of spatial patterns of tree species

(2009) N. E. Zimmermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Using multiple trait associations to define hydraulic functional types in plant communities of south-western Australia

(2008) Patrick J. Mitchell et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

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

Comparison of suitable drought indices for climate change impacts assessment over Australia towards resource management

(2007) F. Mpelasoka et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY