Shrub persistence and increased grass mortality in response to drought in dryland systems

Rapid alignment of functional trait variation with locality across the invaded range of Sahara mustard (Brassica tournefortii )

(2018) Daniel E. Winkler et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The interaction of drought and habitat explain space-time patterns of establishment in saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea )

(2018) Daniel E. Winkler et al.   ECOLOGY

Extensive drought-associated plant mortality as an agent of type-conversion in chaparral shrublands

(2018) Anna L. Jacobsen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A tale of ENSO, PDO, and increasing aridity impacts on drought-deciduous shrubs in the Death Valley region

(2018) James R. Ehleringer et al.   OECOLOGIA

Reductions in tree performance during hotter droughts are mitigated by shifts in nitrogen cycling

(2018) Charlotte Grossiord et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Insights from Long-Term Ungrazed and Grazed Watersheds in a Salt Desert Colorado Plateau Ecosystem

(2018) Michael C. Duniway et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Experimental droughts with rainout shelters: a methodological review

(2018) David L. Hoover et al.   Ecosphere

Resilience of seed production to a severe El Niño-induced drought across functional groups and dispersal types

(2018) Michael J. O'Brien et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Beyond traditional ecological restoration on the Colorado Plateau

(2018) Daniel E. Winkler et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Demographic changes over >70 yr in a population of saguaro cacti ( Carnegiea gigantea ) in the northern Sonoran Desert

(2017) Joshua L. Conver et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Drylands extent and environmental issues. A global approach

(2016) Remus Prăvălie   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Testing the apparent resistance of three dominant plants to chronic drought on the Colorado Plateau

(2016) David L. Hoover et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Rangeland Monitoring Reveals Long-term Plant Responses to Precipitation and Grazing at the Landscape Scale

(2016) Seth M. Munson et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Sensitivity of the Colorado Plateau to Change: Climate, Ecosystems, and Society

(2016) Susan Schwinning et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Evolutionary drivers of mast-seeding in a long-lived desert shrub

(2015) Susan E. Meyer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

C3 and C4 plant responses to increased temperatures and altered monsoonal precipitation in a cool desert on the Colorado Plateau, USA

(2015) Timothy M. Wertin et al.   OECOLOGIA

Pulse-drought atop press-drought: unexpected plant responses and implications for dryland ecosystems

(2015) David L. Hoover et al.   OECOLOGIA

Synergy of extreme drought and shrub invasion reduce ecosystem functioning and resilience in water-limited climates

(2015) Maria C. Caldeira et al.   Scientific Reports

Unprecedented 21st century drought risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains

(2015) B. I. Cook et al.   Science Advances

ToPor not toP?

(2014) Jarrett J. Barber et al.   ECOLOGY

Pvalues are only an index to evidence: 20th- vs. 21st-century statistical science

(2014) K. P. Burnham et al.   ECOLOGY

Model selection for ecologists: the worldviews of AIC and BIC

(2014) Ken Aho et al.   ECOLOGY

Quantifying ecological memory in plant and ecosystem processes

(2014) Kiona Ogle et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

More than just drought: complexity of recruitment patterns in Mediterranean forests

(2014) Elena Granda et al.   OECOLOGIA

Dampening effects of long-term experimental drought on growth and mortality rates of a Holm oak forest

(2013) Adrià Barbeta et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mortality of resprouting chaparral shrubs after a fire and during a record drought: physiological mechanisms and demographic consequences

(2013) R. Brandon Pratt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

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

Primed for Change: Developing Ecological Restoration for the 21st Century

(2013) Nancy Shackelford et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Not all droughts are created equal: translating meteorological drought into woody plant mortality

(2013) L. D. L. Anderegg et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions?

(2012) Jeffrey M Diez et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Osmotic and elastic adjustments in cold desert shrubs differing in rooting depth: coping with drought and subzero temperatures

(2012) Fabian G. Scholz et al.   OECOLOGIA

Response of vegetation to drought time-scales across global land biomes

(2012) S. M. Vicente-Serrano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

(2012) A. Park Williams et al.   Nature Climate Change

Differences in the timing of germination and reproduction relate to growth physiology and population dynamics of Sonoran Desert winter annuals

(2011) Sarah Kimball et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Shifting species interactions in terrestrial dryland ecosystems under altered water availability and climate change

(2011) Kevin E. McCluney et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A synthetic review of feedbacks and drivers of shrub encroachment in arid grasslands

(2011) Paolo D'Odorico et al.   Ecohydrology

Tree mortality in the eastern and central United States: patterns and drivers

(2011) Michael C. Dietze et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Directional climate change and potential reversal of desertification in arid and semiarid ecosystems

(2011) Debra P. C. Peters et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Water status, drought responses, and growth of Prosopis flexuosa trees with different access to the water table in a warm South American desert

(2011) Carla V. Giordano et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

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

A drought-induced pervasive increase in tree mortality across Canada's boreal forests

(2011) Changhui Peng et al.   Nature Climate Change

On the brink of change: plant responses to climate on the Colorado Plateau

(2011) Seth M. Munson et al.   Ecosphere

Protection from livestock fails to deter shrub proliferation in a desert landscape with a history of heavy grazing

(2010) Dawn M. Browning et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Facilitation drives 65 years of vegetation change in the Sonoran Desert

(2010) Bradley J. Butterfield et al.   ECOLOGY

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

(2010) MICHAEL MICHAELIAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Perennial plant mortality in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts in response to severe, multi-year drought

(2010) J.R. McAuliffe et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

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

Forest responses to increasing aridity and warmth in the southwestern United States

(2010) A. P. Williams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Future dryness in the southwest US and the hydrology of the early 21st century drought

(2010) D. R. Cayan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant Water Use Affects Competition for Nitrogen: Why Drought Favors Invasive Species in California

(2009) Katherine Everard et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Climate and wildfire area burned in western U.S. ecoprovinces, 1916–2003

(2009) Jeremy S. Littell et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

Dispersal Syndromes in North American Ephedra

(2009) Jennifer L. Hollander et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Drought deaths in Eucalyptus globulus (Labill.) plantations in relation to soils, geomorphology and climate

(2009) R. J. Harper et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Tree die-off in response to global change-type drought: mortality insights from a decade of plant water potential measurements

(2008) David D Breshears et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Shrub (Prosopis velutina) encroachment in a semidesert grassland: spatial-temporal changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools

(2008) HEATHER L. THROOP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Comparison of respiratory and growth characteristics of two co-occurring shrubs from a cold desert, Coleogyne ramosissima (blackbrush) and Atriplex confertifolia (shadscale)

(2008) H.A. Summers et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Increasing eolian dust deposition in the western United States linked to human activity

(2008) J. C. Neff et al.   Nature Geoscience

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

50,000 years of vegetation and climate history on the Colorado Plateau, Utah and Arizona, USA

(2008) Larry L. Coats et al.   QUATERNARY RESEARCH