A synthesis of tree functional traits related to drought-induced mortality in forests across climatic zones

Old-growth Neotropical forests are shifting in species and trait composition

(2016) Masha T. van der Sande et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

(2016) Maxime Cailleret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Meta-analysis reveals that hydraulic traits explain cross-species patterns of drought-induced tree mortality across the globe

(2016) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dominant tree species are at risk from exaggerated drought under climate change

(2015) Roderick J. Fensham et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of changes in rainfall amount and pattern on root dynamics in an arid shrubland

(2015) Francisco M. Padilla et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Is drought-induced forest dieback globally increasing?

(2015) Jörg Steinkamp et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

To die or not to die: early warnings of tree dieback in response to a severe drought

(2015) J. Julio Camarero et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage

(2015) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   Nature Geoscience

Mechanisms of change in ENSO-induced tropical Pacific rainfall variability in a warming climate

(2015) Ping Huang et al.   Nature Geoscience

How adaptable is the hydraulic system of European beech in the face of climate change-related precipitation reduction?

(2015) Bernhard Schuldt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Species diversity and identity effects on the water consumption of tree sapling assemblages under ample and limited water supply

(2015) Torben Lübbe et al.   OIKOS

Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene

(2015) D. C. Frank et al.   Nature Climate Change

The variability of stomatal sensitivity to leaf water potential across tree species indicates a continuum between isohydric and anisohydric behaviours

(2014) Tamir Klein   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics of tropical tree seedlings under water deficit and variability

(2014) Michael J. O'Brien et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought and resprouting plants

(2014) Melanie J. B. Zeppel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Cavitation and Its Discontents: Opportunities for Resolving Current Controversies

(2014) F. E. Rockwell et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought

(2014) C. Grossiord et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

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

Extremely low fine root biomass in Larix sibirica forests at the southern drought limit of the boreal forest

(2013) Tselmeg Chenlemuge et al.   FLORA

Siberian pine decline and mortality in southern siberian mountains

(2013) V.I. Kharuk et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Replicated throughfall exclusion experiment in an Indonesian perhumid rainforest: wood production, litter fall and fine root growth under simulated drought

(2013) Gerald Moser et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Slow-growing species cope best with drought: evidence from long-term measurements in a tropical semi-deciduous moist forest of Central Africa

(2013) Dakis-Yaoba Ouédraogo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Shoot desiccation and hydraulic failure in temperate woody angiosperms during an extreme summer drought

(2013) Andrea Nardini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Low root reserve accumulation during drought may lead to winter mortality in poplar seedlings

(2013) David A. Galvez 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

Changes in wood density, wood anatomy and hydraulic properties of the xylem along the root-to-shoot flow path in tropical rainforest trees

(2013) B. Schuldt et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Xylem embolism threshold for catastrophic hydraulic failure in angiosperm trees

(2013) M. Urli et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Fibre wall and lumen fractions drive wood density variation across 24 Australian angiosperms

(2013) Kasia Ziemińska et al.   AoB Plants

Whole-plant trait spectra of North American woody plant species reflect fundamental ecological strategies

(2013) Ulrike Stahl et al.   Ecosphere

Inter- and intra-annual stable carbon and oxygen isotope signals in response to drought in Mediterranean pines

(2012) Dimitrios Sarris et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Is Alaska’s Boreal Forest Now Crossing a Major Ecological Threshold?

(2012) Daniel H. Mann et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

The Effect of Habitat Association and Edaphic Conditions on Tree Mortality during El Niño-induced Drought in a Bornean Dipterocarp Forest

(2012) Akira Itoh et al.   BIOTROPICA

Climate induced birch mortality in Trans-Baikal lake region, Siberia

(2012) V.I. Kharuk et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

Landscape-scale assessment of tree crown dieback following extreme drought and heat in a Mediterranean eucalypt forest ecosystem

(2012) Niels Brouwers et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Vessel diameter-stem diameter scaling across woody angiosperms and the ecological causes of xylem vessel diameter variation

(2012) Mark E. Olson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Thresholds for boreal biome transitions

(2012) M. Scheffer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

(2012) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   Nature Climate Change

Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models

(2012) Aiguo Dai   Nature Climate Change

Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties

(2011) Yusuke Onoda et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Large drought-induced aboveground live biomass losses in southern Rocky Mountain aspen forests

(2011) Cho-Ying Huang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hydraulic failure and tree dieback are associated with high wood density in a temperate forest under extreme drought

(2011) WILLIAM A. HOFFMANN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Traits and ecological strategies of Australian tropical and temperate climbing plants

(2011) Rachael V. Gallagher et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Hydraulics and life history of tropical dry forest tree species: coordination of species’ drought and shade tolerance

(2011) Lars Markesteijn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

The 2010 Amazon Drought

(2011) S. L. Lewis et al.   SCIENCE

Genotypic variability and phenotypic plasticity of cavitation resistance in Fagus sylvatica L. across Europe

(2011) R. Wortemann et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Root carbon reserve dynamics in aspen seedlings: does simulated drought induce reserve limitation?

(2011) D. A. Galvez et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2011) Changhui Peng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity

(2010) Amy E. Zanne et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

How do traits vary across ecological scales? A case for trait-based ecology

(2010) Julie Messier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plasticity in physiological traits in conifers: Implications for response to climate change in the western U.S.

(2010) N.E. Grulke   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Potential shift in tree species composition after interaction of fire and drought in the Central Alps

(2010) B. Moser et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Effects and etiology of sudden aspen decline in southwestern Colorado, USA

(2010) James J. Worrall et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Differentiation of leaf water flux and drought tolerance traits in hemiepiphytic and non-hemiepiphytic Ficus tree species

(2010) Guang-You Hao et al.   FUNCTIONAL 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

Interspecific variation in functional traits, not climatic differences among species ranges, determines demographic rates across 44 temperate and Mediterranean tree species

(2010) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Drought-mortality relationships for tropical forests

(2010) Oliver L. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ecological differentiation in xylem cavitation resistance is associated with stem and leaf structural traits

(2010) LARS MARKESTEIJN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Differential responses to changes in growth temperature between trees from different functional groups and biomes: a review and synthesis of data

(2010) D. A. Way et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Plant Strategies in Relation to Resource Supply in Mesic to Wet Environments: Does Theory Mirror Nature?

(2009) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Drought impact on forest growth and mortality in the southeast USA: an analysis using Forest Health and Monitoring data

(2009) Ryan J. Klos et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Differences in ecophysiological responses to summer drought between seedlings of three deciduous oak species

(2009) Abubakr M.J. Siam et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Below- and above-ground biomass and net primary production in a paleotropical natural forest (Sulawesi, Indonesia) as compared to neotropical forests

(2009) D. Hertel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

Interspecific relationships among growth, mortality and xylem traits of woody species from New Zealand

(2009) Sabrina E. Russo et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Leaf Trait Diversification and Design in Seven Rare Taxa of the Hawaiian Plantago Radiation

(2009) Stephanie Dunbar‐Co et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Seedling root morphology and biomass allocation of 62 tropical tree species in relation to drought- and shade-tolerance

(2009) Lars Markesteijn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How does moss photosynthesis relate to leaf and canopy structure? Trait relationships for 10 Hawaiian species of contrasting light habitats

(2009) Mashuri Waite et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf phosphorus influences the photosynthesis–nitrogen relation: a cross-biome analysis of 314 species

(2009) Peter B. Reich et al.   OECOLOGIA

Climate Change, Habitat Loss, Protected Areas and the Climate Adaptation Potential of Species in Mediterranean Ecosystems Worldwide

(2009) Kirk R. Klausmeyer et al.   PLoS One

Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States

(2009) P. J. van Mantgem et al.   SCIENCE

Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest

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

Response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestrisL.) and pubescent oak (Quercus pubescensWilld.) to soil and atmospheric water deficits under Mediterranean mountain climate

(2008) Rafael Poyatos et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Scaling of xylem vessels and veins within the leaves of oak species

(2008) D. A. Coomes et al.   Biology Letters

Seedling Traits Determine Drought Tolerance of Tropical Tree Species

(2008) Lourens Poorter et al.   BIOTROPICA

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

LEAF HERBIVORY AND DECOMPOSABILITY IN A MALAYSIAN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

(2008) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of moisture limitation on tree growth in upland and floodplain forest ecosystems in interior Alaska

(2008) John Yarie   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

What is hot in tree rings? The wood density of surviving Douglas-firs to the 2003 drought and heat wave

(2008) Alejandro Martinez-Meier et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

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

The role of desiccation tolerance in determining tree species distributions along the Malay–Thai Peninsula

(2008) J. L. Baltzer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Tolerance to low leaf water status of tropical tree seedlings is related to drought performance and distribution

(2008) Thomas A. Kursar et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Relating leaf photosynthetic rate to whole-plant growth: drought and shade effects on seedlings of fourQuercusspecies

(2008) José L. Quero et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Drought-induced tree death in savanna

(2008) R. J. FENSHAM et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global Climate Model Performance over Alaska and Greenland

(2008) John E. Walsh et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

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

The rapid light response of leaf hydraulic conductance: new evidence from two experimental methods

(2008) CHRISTINE SCOFFONI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Risk of natural disturbances makes future contribution of Canada's forests to the global carbon cycle highly uncertain

(2008) W. A. Kurz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Summer drought impedes beech seedling performance more in a sub-Mediterranean forest understory than in small gaps

(2008) T. M. Robson et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Rapid mortality of Populus tremuloides in southwestern Colorado, USA

(2007) James J. Worrall et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT