Is drought-induced forest dieback globally increasing?

Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon-nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free-Air CO2Enrichment studies

(2014) Sönke Zaehle et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evidence for environmentally enhanced forest growth

(2014) Jingyun Fang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Net carbon uptake has increased through warming-induced changes in temperate forest phenology

(2014) Trevor F. Keenan et al.   Nature Climate Change

Many ways to die - partitioning tree mortality dynamics in a near-natural mixed deciduous forest

(2013) Frederic Holzwarth et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Simulated resilience of tropical rainforests to CO2-induced climate change

(2013) Chris Huntingford et al.   Nature Geoscience

Feature: Improving our knowledge of drought-induced forest mortality through experiments, observations, and modeling

(2013) Nate G. McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought

(2013) Thomas L. Powell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tree mortality in dynamic vegetation models – A key feature for accurately simulating forest properties

(2012) Corina Manusch et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Robustness and uncertainty in terrestrial ecosystem carbon response to CMIP5 climate change projections

(2012) A Ahlström et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Drought-induced tree mortality: ecological consequences, causes, and modeling

(2012) Weifeng Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Little change in global drought over the past 60 years

(2012) Justin Sheffield et al.   NATURE

Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally

(2012) Steven I. Higgins et al.   NATURE

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

TRY - a global database of plant traits

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

Changes in satellite-derived vegetation growth trend in temperate and boreal Eurasia from 1982 to 2006

(2011) SHILONG PIAO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

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

Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality are far from being resolved

(2010) Anna Sala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

(2010) C. Beer 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

Response of the prairie–forest border to climate change: impacts of increasing drought may be mitigated by increasing CO2

(2009) Peter H. Wyckoff et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Adaptive forest management in central Europe: Climate change impacts, strategies and integrative concept

(2009) Andreas Bolte et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Widespread Increase of Tree Mortality Rates in the Western United States

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

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

Parameter uncertainties in the modelling of vegetation dynamics—Effects on tree community structure and ecosystem functioning in European forest biomes

(2008) Anna Wramneby et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate-carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs)

(2008) S. SITCH et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global Trends and Variability in Soil Moisture and Drought Characteristics, 1950–2000, from Observation-Driven Simulations of the Terrestrial Hydrologic Cycle

(2008) Justin Sheffield et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Growth–mortality relationships as indicators of life-history strategies: a comparison of nine tree species in unmanaged European forests

(2008) Jan Wunder et al.   OIKOS

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

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

Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE