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

Resilience of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) growth to changing climatic conditions in Southwest Germany

(2014) Simon Boden et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The effect of fungal pathogens on the water and carbon economy of trees: implications for drought-induced mortality

(2014) Jonàs Oliva et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Seasonal carbohydrate dynamics and growth in Douglas-fir trees experiencing chronic, fungal-mediated reduction in functional leaf area

(2014) B. J. Saffell et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Nonstructural Carbon in Woody Plants

(2013) Michael C. Dietze et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Low relative growth rates predict future mortality of common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

(2013) Sten Gillner et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Drought and mistletoe reduce growth and water-use efficiency of Scots pine

(2013) Gabriel Sangüesa-Barreda et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Extreme drought alters competitive dominance within and between tree species in a mixed forest stand

(2013) Liam Cavin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Lethal drought leads to reduction in nonstructural carbohydrates in Norway spruce tree roots but not in the canopy

(2013) Henrik Hartmann et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Number of Cells in Xylem, Phloem and Dormant Cambium in Silver Fir (Abies Alba), in Trees of Different Vitality

(2013) Jožica Gričar et al.   IAWA JOURNAL

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

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

A retrospective, dual-isotope approach reveals individual predispositions to winter-drought induced tree dieback in the southernmost distribution limit of Scots pine

(2013) JORDI VOLTAS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

How do trees die? A test of the hydraulic failure and carbon starvation hypotheses

(2013) SANNA SEVANTO et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Development-specific responses to drought stress in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) seedlings

(2013) M. Alexou   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The critical amplifying role of increasing atmospheric moisture demand on tree mortality and associated regional die-off

(2013) David D. Breshears et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

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(2012) Dennis A. Benson et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Analysis of Xylem Sap from Functional (Nonembolized) and Nonfunctional (Embolized) Vessels of Populus nigra: Chemistry of Refilling

(2012) F. Secchi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Methods for Detecting Early Warnings of Critical Transitions in Time Series Illustrated Using Simulated Ecological Data

(2012) Vasilis Dakos et al.   PLoS One

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

Life strategies in intra-annual dynamics of wood formation: example of three conifer species in a temperate forest in north-east France

(2012) H. E. Cuny et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Linking definitions, mechanisms, and modeling of drought-induced tree death

(2012) William R.L. Anderegg et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

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

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

Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress

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

Impacts of drought at different time scales on forest growth across a wide climatic gradient in north-eastern Spain

(2011) Edmond Pasho et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Robustness of variance and autocorrelation as indicators of critical slowing down

(2011) Vasilis Dakos et al.   ECOLOGY

Synergistic effects of past historical logging and drought on the decline of Pyrenean silver fir forests

(2011) Jesús Julio Camarero et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Blue-stain infections in roots, stems and branches of declining Pinus sylvestris trees in a dry inner alpine valley in Switzerland

(2011) U. Heiniger et al.   FOREST PATHOLOGY

Opposite changes in leaf dark respiration and soluble sugars with drought in two Mediterranean oaks

(2011) Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

From pattern to process: linking intrinsic water-use efficiency to drought-induced forest decline

(2011) Juan Carlos Linares et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An ecological perspective on extreme climatic events: a synthetic definition and framework to guide future research

(2011) Melinda D. Smith   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Carbon reserves and canopy defoliation determine the recovery of Scots pine 4 yr after a drought episode

(2011) L. Galiano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

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

Fast stable restricted maximum likelihood and marginal likelihood estimation of semiparametric generalized linear models

(2010) Simon N. Wood   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES B-STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY

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

(2010) Anna Sala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ecology of Armillaria species on silver fir (Abies alba) in the Spanish Pyrenees

(2009) Jonàs Oliva et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST 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

A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index

(2009) Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Modeling Spatiotemporal Forest Health Monitoring Data

(2009) Nicole H. Augustin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION

Plastic bimodal xylogenesis in conifers from continental Mediterranean climates

(2009) Jesús Julio Camarero et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

When is One Core per Tree Sufficient to Characterize Stand Attributes? Results of a Pinus ponderosa Case Study

(2009) C.W. Woodall   Tree-Ring Research

A Theory-Driven Approach to Tree-Ring Standardization: Defining the Biological Trend from Expected Basal Area Increment

(2009) Franco Biondi et al.   Tree-Ring 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

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

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE