Sequential droughts: A silent trigger of boreal forest mortality

Low growth resilience to drought is related to future mortality risk in trees

(2020) Lucía DeSoto et al.   Nature Communications

Contrasting Root System Structure and Belowground Interactions between Black Spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P) and Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx) in Boreal Mixedwoods of Eastern Canada

(2020) Claudele Ghotsa Mekontchou et al.   Forests

Divergent forest sensitivity to repeated extreme droughts

(2020) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   Nature Climate Change

Thresholds for ecological responses to global change do not emerge from empirical data

(2020) Helmut Hillebrand et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Early-Warning Signals of Individual Tree Mortality Based on Annual Radial Growth

(2019) Maxime Cailleret et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Resistance, Resilience or Change: Post-disturbance Dynamics of Boreal Forests After Insect Outbreaks

(2019) Martina Sánchez-Pinillos et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Analysing continuous proportions in ecology and evolution: A practical introduction to beta and Dirichlet regression

(2019) Jacob C. Douma et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Beneficial effects of climate warming on boreal tree growth may be transitory

(2018) Loïc D’Orangeville et al.   Nature Communications

Disentangling the effect of drought on stand mortality and productivity in northern temperate and boreal forests

(2018) David Laginha Pinto Correia et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Boreal tree growth exhibits decadal-scale ecological memory to drought and insect defoliation, but no negative response to their interaction

(2018) Malcolm S. Itter et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Having the right neighbors: how tree species diversity modulates drought impacts on forests

(2018) Charlotte Grossiord   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Intraspecific Trait Variation and Phenotypic Plasticity Mediate Alpine Plant Species Response to Climate Change

(2018) Jonathan J. Henn et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Survival functions for boreal tree species in northwestern North America

(2017) Francesco Cortini et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

(2017) Henry D. Adams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

(2016) Maxime Cailleret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Boreal and temperate trees show strong acclimation of respiration to warming

(2016) Peter B. Reich et al.   NATURE

Emergent insects, pathogens and drought shape changing patterns in oak decline in North America and Europe

(2015) Laurel J. Haavik et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Net aboveground biomass declines of four major forest types with forest ageing and climate change in western Canada's boreal forests

(2015) Han Y. H. Chen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2015) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene

(2015) Craig D. Allen et al.   Ecosphere

Species coexistence in a changing world

(2015) Fernando Valladares et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Larger trees suffer most during drought in forests worldwide

(2015) Amy C. Bennett et al.   Nature Plants

Beta Regression inR

(2015) Francisco Cribari-Neto et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Mapping attributes of Canada’s forests at moderate resolution through kNN and MODIS imagery

(2014) A. Beaudoin et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Site factors contribute to aspen decline and stand vulnerability following a forest tent caterpillar outbreak in the Canadian Clay Belt

(2014) Guillaume Perrette et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

(2013) George Matusick et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

The role of facilitation and competition in the development and resilience of aspen forests

(2013) Samuel B. St. Clair et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

(2013) Rafael Poyatos et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Observations from old forests underestimate climate change effects on tree mortality

(2013) Yong Luo et al.   Nature Communications

Drought's legacy: multiyear hydraulic deterioration underlies widespread aspen forest die-off and portends increased future risk

(2012) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

(2012) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

Regional drought-induced reduction in the biomass carbon sink of Canada's boreal forests

(2012) Z. Ma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

Customized Spatial Climate Models for North America

(2011) Daniel W. McKenney et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Disentangling the relative importance of climate, size and competition on tree growth in Iberian forests: implications for forest management under global change

(2011) LORENA GÓMEZ-APARICIO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Extreme climatic events and vegetation: the role of stabilizing processes

(2011) Francisco Lloret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Competition and facilitation between tree species change with stand development

(2011) Xavier Cavard et al.   OIKOS

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

(2011) Changhui Peng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Size-symmetric versus size-asymmetric competition and growth partitioning among trees in forest stands along an ecological gradient in central Europe

(2010) Hans Pretzsch et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Response of a boreal forest to canopy opening: assessing vertical and lateral tree growth with multi-temporal lidar data

(2010) Udayalakshmi Vepakomma et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

The extent of the North American boreal zone

(2010) J.P. Brandt   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

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

(2010) MICHAEL MICHAELIAN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

(2010) A.B. Nicotra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT 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

Early-warning signals for critical transitions

(2009) Marten Scheffer et al.   NATURE

Are species shade and drought tolerance reflected in leaf-level structural and functional differentiation in Northern Hemisphere temperate woody flora?

(2009) Lea Hallik et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

(2009) Benjamin M. Bolker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Impacts of a regional drought on the productivity, dieback, and biomass of western Canadian aspen forests

(2008) E. H. (Ted) Hogg et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

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

Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system

(2008) T. M. Lenton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA