Wood anatomy and carbon-isotope discrimination support long-term hydraulic deterioration as a major cause of drought-induced dieback

Evapotranspiration deficit controls net primary production and growth of silver fir: Implications for Circum-Mediterranean forests under forecasted warmer and drier conditions

(2015) S.M. Vicente-Serrano et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Past logging, drought and pathogens interact and contribute to forest dieback

(2015) Gabriel Sangüesa-Barreda et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

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

What plant hydraulics can tell us about responses to climate-change droughts

(2015) John S. Sperry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Distilling allometric and environmental information from time series of conduit size: the standardization issue and its relationship to tree hydraulic architecture

(2015) M. Carrer et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Linking wood anatomy and xylogenesis allows pinpointing of climate and drought influences on growth of coexisting conifers in continental Mediterranean climate

(2015) Arturo Pacheco et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Spatial and temporal variation in plant hydraulic traits and their relevance for climate change impacts on vegetation

(2014) William R. L. Anderegg   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Kinetics of tracheid development explain conifer tree-ring structure

(2014) Henri E. Cuny et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Loss of whole-tree hydraulic conductance during severe drought and multi-year forest die-off

(2014) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   OECOLOGIA

Declining hydraulic performances and low carbon investments in tree rings predate Scots pine drought-induced mortality

(2014) Ana-Maria Hereş et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Nonstructural Carbon in Woody Plants

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

ROXAS – A new tool to build centuries-long tracheid-lumen chronologies in conifers

(2013) Georg von Arx et al.   DENDROCHRONOLOGIA

Drought response of five conifer species under contrasting water availability suggests high vulnerability of Norway spruce and European larch

(2013) Mathieu Lévesque et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

New star on the stage: amount of ray parenchyma in tree rings shows a link to climate

(2013) José Miguel Olano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Above-ground woody carbon sequestration measured from tree rings is coherent with net ecosystem productivity at five eddy-covariance sites

(2013) Flurin Babst et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Climate signals derived from cell anatomy of Scots pine in NE Germany

(2013) W. Liang et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Influence of drought on tree rings and tracheid features of Pinus nigra and Pinus sylvestris in a mesic Mediterranean forest

(2012) Dario Martin-Benito et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

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

Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?

(2012) A. Sala et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Xylem plasticity allows rapid hydraulic adjustment to annual climatic variability

(2012) Marina Bryukhanova et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

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

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

(2011) Juan Carlos Linares 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

Drought alters timing, quantity, and quality of wood formation in Scots pine

(2011) B. Eilmann et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

(2011) L. Galiano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality

(2011) N. G. McDowell   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Associations between growth, wood anatomy, carbon isotope discrimination and mortality in a Quercus robur forest

(2011) T. Levanic et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Structure and function of bordered pits: new discoveries and impacts on whole-plant hydraulic function

(2009) Brendan Choat et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings

(2009) Patrick Fonti et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Embolism resistance of three boreal conifer species varies with pit structure

(2009) Uwe G. Hacke et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-induced adaptation of the xylem in Scots pine and pubescent oak

(2009) B. Eilmann et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

Carbon isotopes and water use efficiency: sense and sensitivity

(2008) Ulli Seibt et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE