Research frontiers for improving our understanding of drought-induced tree and forest mortality

Living on next to nothing: tree seedlings can survive weeks with very low carbohydrate concentrations

(2018) Raphael Weber et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Monitoring global tree mortality patterns and trends. Report from the VW symposium ‘Crossing scales and disciplines to identify global trends of tree mortality as indicators of forest health’

(2018) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The interactions of climate, spacing and genetics on clonal Eucalyptus plantations across Brazil and Uruguay

(2017) Dan Binkley et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Assessing very high resolution UAV imagery for monitoring forest health during a simulated disease outbreak

(2017) Jonathan P. Dash et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

Increasing atmospheric humidity and CO2concentration alleviate forest mortality risk

(2017) Yanlan Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

(2017) Henry D. Adams et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Tree mortality from an exceptional drought spanning mesic to semiarid ecoregions

(2016) Georgianne W. Moore et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

(2016) James S. Clark et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Understanding the roles of nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees - from what we can measure to what we want to know

(2016) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Convergent acclimation of leaf photosynthesis and respiration to prevailing ambient temperatures under current and warmer climates inEucalyptus tereticornis

(2016) Michael J. Aspinwall et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Visual quantification of embolism reveals leaf vulnerability to hydraulic failure

(2016) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

The correlations and sequence of plant stomatal, hydraulic, and wilting responses to drought

(2016) Megan K. Bartlett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

(2016) J. Liang et al.   SCIENCE

Individual traits as determinants of time to death under extreme drought inPinus sylvestrisL.

(2016) Núria Garcia-Forner et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

A test of the hydraulic vulnerability segmentation hypothesis in angiosperm and conifer tree species

(2016) Daniel M. Johnson et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Limited Growth Recovery after Drought-Induced Forest Dieback in Very Defoliated Trees of Two Pine Species

(2016) Guillermo Guada et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Paradigm shift in plant growth control

(2015) Christian Körner   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

The agony of choice: different empirical mortality models lead to sharply different future forest dynamics

(2015) Nicolas Bircher et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

(2015) R. J. W. Brienen et al.   NATURE

Mapping tree density at a global scale

(2015) T. W. Crowther et al.   NATURE

Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage

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

Pinus sylvestrisswitches respiration substrates under shading but not during drought

(2015) Sarah Fischer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tree physiology and bark beetles

(2015) Michael G. Ryan et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2015) John S. Sperry 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

Research frontiers in drought-induced tree mortality: crossing scales and disciplines

(2015) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Allocation, stress tolerance and carbon transport in plants: how does phloem physiology affect plant ecology?

(2015) Jessica A. Savage et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Balancing the risks of hydraulic failure and carbon starvation: a twig scale analysis in declining Scots pine

(2015) Yann Salmon et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Progressive forest canopy water loss during the 2012–2015 California drought

(2015) Gregory P. Asner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Forest health and global change

(2015) S. Trumbore et al.   SCIENCE

Drought responses of two gymnosperm species with contrasting stomatal regulation strategies under elevated [CO2] and temperature

(2015) Honglang Duan et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Global satellite monitoring of climate-induced vegetation disturbances

(2015) Nate G. McDowell et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Multi-scale predictions of massive conifer mortality due to chronic temperature rise

(2015) N. G. McDowell et al.   Nature Climate Change

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

The combined effects of a long-term experimental drought and an extreme drought on the use of plant-water sources in a Mediterranean forest

(2014) Adrià Barbeta et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Phloem transport and drought

(2014) S. Sevanto   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

(2014) William R. L. Anderegg   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Do water-limiting conditions predispose Norway spruce to bark beetle attack?

(2014) Sigrid Netherer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Senescence, ageing and death of the whole plant: morphological prerequisites and constraints of plant immortality

(2014) Jitka Klimešová et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

X-ray microtomography (micro-CT): a reference technology for high-resolution quantification of xylem embolism in trees

(2014) H. COCHARD et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Abrupt increases in Amazonian tree mortality due to drought-fire interactions

(2014) P. M. Brando et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Co-ordination of growth, gas exchange and hydraulics define the carbon safety margin in tree species with contrasting drought strategies

(2014) P. J. Mitchell et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

Nonstructural Carbon in Woody Plants

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

The “sun-effect”: microclimatic alterations predispose forest edges to bark beetle infestations

(2013) Markus Kautz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

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

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

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

High temperature causes negative whole-plant carbon balance under mild drought

(2013) Junbin Zhao et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel-experiment framework

(2013) Nate G. McDowell 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

Thirst beats hunger - declining hydration during drought prevents carbon starvation in Norway spruce saplings

(2013) Henrik Hartmann 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

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

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

Elevated [CO2] does not ameliorate the negative effects of elevated temperature on drought-induced mortality inEucalyptus radiataseedlings

(2013) HONGLANG DUAN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Residence times of woody biomass in tropical forests

(2013) David Galbraith et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Carbon residence time dominates uncertainty in terrestrial vegetation responses to future climate and atmospheric CO2

(2013) Andrew D. Friend et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

Hydraulic and carbohydrate changes in experimental drought-induced mortality of saplings in two conifer species

(2013) W. R. L. Anderegg et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Carbon dynamics of eucalypt seedlings exposed to progressive drought in elevated [CO2] and elevated temperature

(2013) H. Duan 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

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

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

(2012) Corina Manusch et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Centrifuge technique consistently overestimates vulnerability to water stress-induced cavitation in grapevines as confirmed with high-resolution computed tomography

(2012) A. J. McElrone et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought response strategies define the relative contributions of hydraulic dysfunction and carbohydrate depletion during tree mortality

(2012) Patrick J. Mitchell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Hydraulic limits preceding mortality in a piñon-juniper woodland under experimental drought

(2012) JENNIFER A. PLAUT et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Hydraulic differences along the water transport system of South American Nothofagus species: do leaves protect the stem functionality?

(2012) S. J. Bucci et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?

(2012) A. Sala 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

Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models

(2012) Aiguo Dai   Nature Climate Change

Drought induces opposite changes in the concentration of non-structural carbohydrates of two evergreen Nothofagus species of differential drought resistance

(2011) Frida I. Piper   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Modelling the potential impact of global warming on Ips typographus voltinism and reproductive diapause

(2011) Anna Maria Jönsson et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

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

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

Extreme climatic events and vegetation: the role of stabilizing processes

(2011) Francisco Lloret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2011) L. Galiano et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter 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

Tree responses to drought

(2011) M. G. Ryan   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

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

Climate Change and Bark Beetles of the Western United States and Canada: Direct and Indirect Effects

(2010) Barbara J. Bentz et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The mechanisms of carbon starvation: how, when, or does it even occur at all?

(2010) Nate G. McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2010) Anna Sala et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Sensing embolism in xylem vessels: the role of sucrose as a trigger for refilling

(2010) FRANCESCA SECCHI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Abiotic stresses and induced BVOCs

(2010) Francesco Loreto et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT 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

The significance of phloem transport for the speed with which canopy photosynthesis and belowground respiration are linked

(2009) Maurizio Mencuccini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mortality Risk Prediction by an Insurance Company and Long-Term Follow-Up of 62,000 Men

(2009) Eric J. G. Sijbrands et al.   PLoS One

Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought

(2009) H. D. Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

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

Impacts of climate warming on terrestrial ectotherms across latitude

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

Predictive Models of Forest Dynamics

(2008) D. Purves et al.   SCIENCE