Visual interpretation and time series modeling of Landsat imagery highlight drought's role in forest canopy declines

Legacy effects of drought in the southwestern United States: A multi-species synthesis

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Long-term climate and competition explain forest mortality patterns under extreme drought

(2016) Derek J. N. Young et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Disturbance, tree mortality, and implications for contemporary regional forest change in the Pacific Northwest

(2016) Matthew J. Reilly et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Forest disturbance across the conterminous United States from 1985–2012: The emerging dominance of forest decline

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A window of opportunity for climate-change adaptation: easing tree mortality by reducing forest basal area

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Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience

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The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States

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A multi-scale analysis of western spruce budworm outbreak dynamics

(2016) Cornelius Senf et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Increased water deficit decreases Douglas fir growth throughout western US forests

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A forest vulnerability index based on drought and high temperatures

(2016) David Mildrexler et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Perspectives on monitoring gradual change across the continuity of Landsat sensors using time-series data

(2016) James E. Vogelmann et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Managing Climate Change Refugia for Climate Adaptation

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

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Pervasive drought legacies in forest ecosystems and their implications for carbon cycle models

(2015) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   SCIENCE

Global satellite monitoring of climate-induced vegetation disturbances

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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

Quantifying ecological memory in plant and ecosystem processes

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Climate refugia: joint inference from fossil records, species distribution models and phylogeography

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Improving estimates of forest disturbance by combining observations from Landsat time series with U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data

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Climate-related variation in mortality and recruitment determine regional forest-type distributions

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Precipitation thresholds and drought-induced tree die-off: insights from patterns ofPinus edulismortality along an environmental stress gradient

(2013) Michael J. Clifford et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Conterminous U.S. and Alaska Forest Type Mapping Using Forest Inventory and Analysis Data

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

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Spatiotemporal patterns of mountain pine beetle activity in the southern Rocky Mountains

(2012) Teresa B. Chapman et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

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

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

Refugia: identifying and understanding safe havens for biodiversity under climate change

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Geographic variation in growth response of Douglas-fir to interannual climate variability and projected climate change

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Climate change vulnerability of forest biodiversity: climate and competition tracking of demographic rates

(2010) JAMES S. CLARK et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A climatic basis for microrefugia: the influence of terrain on climate

(2010) SOLOMON Z. DOBROWSKI   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Detecting trends in forest disturbance and recovery using yearly Landsat time series: 1. LandTrendr — Temporal segmentation algorithms

(2010) Robert E. Kennedy et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Detecting trends in forest disturbance and recovery using yearly Landsat time series: 2. TimeSync — Tools for calibration and validation

(2010) Warren B. Cohen et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

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

Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States

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DOUGLAS-FIR GROWTH IN MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS: WATER LIMITS TREE GROWTH FROM STAND TO REGION

(2008) Jeremy S. Littell et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Physiographically sensitive mapping of climatological temperature and precipitation across the conterminous United States

(2008) Christopher Daly et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

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