Drought induced tree mortality - a tree-ring isotope based conceptual model to assess mechanisms and predispositions

Increasing carbon discrimination rates and depth of water uptake favor the growth of Mediterranean evergreen trees in the ecotone with temperate deciduous forests

(2017) Adrià Barbeta et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought-induced forest dieback

(2017) Alistair S. Jump et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A multi-proxy assessment of dieback causes in a Mediterranean oak species

(2017) Michele Colangelo et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Long-term effects of drought on tree-ring growth and carbon isotope variability in Scots pine in a dry environment

(2017) Galina Timofeeva et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

Tree-ring isotopes reveal drought sensitivity in trees killed by spruce beetle outbreaks in south-central Alaska

(2016) Adam Z. Csank et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in terrestrial plants: a global synthesis

(2016) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Contrasting growth and mortality responses to climate warming of two pine species in a continental Mediterranean ecosystem

(2016) Estela Herguido et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality

(2016) Maxime Cailleret et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2016) Elena Pellizzari et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Warming combined with more extreme precipitation regimes modifies the water sources used by trees

(2016) Charlotte Grossiord et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The role of nutrients in drought-induced tree mortality and recovery

(2016) Arthur Gessler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Water potential regulation, stomatal behaviour and hydraulic transport under drought: deconstructing the iso/anisohydric concept

(2016) Jordi Martínez-Vilalta et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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

Importance of tree height and social position for drought-related stress on tree growth and mortality

(2016) Rüdiger Grote et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Paradigm shift in plant growth control

(2015) Christian Körner   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Multiple strategies for drought survival among woody plant species

(2015) Alexandria L. Pivovaroff et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2015) William R. L. Anderegg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Drought-related tree mortality: addressing the gaps in understanding and prediction

(2015) Patrick Meir et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

Norway spruce physiological and anatomical predisposition to dieback

(2014) Rainer Hentschel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood

(2014) A. Gessler et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Position-specific measurement of oxygen isotope ratios in cellulose: Isotopic exchange during heterotrophic cellulose synthesis

(2013) John S. Waterhouse et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

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

Methods for measuring plant vulnerability to cavitation: a critical review

(2013) Hervé Cochard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought

(2012) Brendan Choat et al.   NATURE

Is the dual-isotope conceptual model fully operational?

(2012) J. Roden et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models

(2012) Aiguo Dai   Nature Climate Change

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

(2011) N. G. McDowell   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2011) T. Levanic et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Growth patterns in relation to drought-induced mortality at two Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) sites in NE Iberian Peninsula

(2011) Ana-Maria Hereş et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

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

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

Increased early growth rates decrease longevities of conifers in subalpine forests

(2009) Christof Bigler et al.   OIKOS

Within-canopy and ozone fumigation effects on  13C and  18O in adult beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees: relation to meteorological and gas exchange parameters

(2009) A. Gessler 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