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

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Warming and earlier spring increase western U.S. forest wildfire activity.

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Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

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Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009

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Tree Rings and Climate

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Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought.

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Model Projections of an Imminent Transition to a More Arid Climate in Southwestern North America

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Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest

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Stem Circadian Phenology of Four Pine Species in Naturally Contrasting Climates from Sky-Island Forests of the Western USA

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Climate-Related Limitations on Photosynthesis and Drought-Resistance Strategies of Ziziphus spina-christi

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Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Impacts of Pinyon and Juniper Reduction on Hydrologic and Erosion Processes Across Climatic Gradients in the Western US: A Regional Synthesis

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Urbanization drives unique latitudinal patterns of insect herbivory and tree condition

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The effects of persistent drought and waterlogging on the dynamics of nonstructural carbohydrates of Robinia pseudoacacia L. seedlings in Northwest China

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Parametric Sensitivity of Vegetation Dynamics in the TRIFFID Model and the Associated Uncertainty in Projected Climate Change Impacts on Western U.S. Forests

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Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis of a desert willow, Salix psammophila, reveals the function of hub genes SpMDP1 and SpWRKY33 in drought tolerance

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Climate signal shift under the influence of prevailing climate warming – Evidence from Quercus liaotungensis on Dongling Mountain, Beijing, China

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Remotely sensed birch forest resilience against climate change in the northern China forest-steppe ecotone

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Integrating airborne and mobile lidar data with UAV photogrammetry for rapid assessment of changing forest snow depth and cover

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Incorporating stochasticity from extreme climatic events and multi-species competition relationships into single-tree mortality models

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Ozone exposure affects tree defoliation in a continental climate

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Juniper Tree-Ring Data from the Kuramin Range (Northern Tajikistan) Reveals Changing Summer Drought Signals in Western Central Asia

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Identifying the full spectrum of climatic signals controlling a tree species' growth and adaptation to climate change

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Relative Controls of Vapor Pressure Deficit and Soil Water Stress on Canopy Conductance in Global Simulations by an Earth System Model

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Fire interval and post-fire climate effects on serotinous forest resilience

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Changing climate sensitivity of secondary growth following extreme drought events in forest ecosystems: a global analysis

Leifsson, C., Buras, A., Rammig, A., & Zang, C. (2022) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aca9e5 · Cited by 24

Masting is shaped by tree-level attributes and stand structure, more than climate, in a Rocky Mountain conifer species

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Observed forest trait velocities have not kept pace with hydraulic stress from climate change

Quetin, G. R., Anderegg, L. D. L., Boving, I., Anderegg, W. R. L., & Trugman, A. T. (2023) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/gcb.16847 · Cited by 24

Assessing the quality ecology of endemic tree species in China based on machine learning models and UPLC methods: The example of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.

Zhang, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, G., Sun, X., Chen, S., & Huang, L. (2024) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142021 · Cited by 24

Overridingly increasing vegetation sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit over the recent two decades in China

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Modeling climate and fuel reduction impacts on mixed-conifer forest carbon stocks in the Sierra Nevada, California

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Rare Taxa Maintain Microbial Diversity and Contribute to Terrestrial Community Dynamics throughout Bark Beetle Infestation

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Responses of Contrasting Tree Functional Types to Air Warming and Drought

Martínez‐Sancho, E., Navas, L. K. V., Seidel, H., Dorado‐Liñán, I., & Menzel, A. (2017) · Forests · doi:10.3390/f8110450 · Cited by 24

Experimental drought reduces genetic diversity in the grassland foundation species Bouteloua eriopoda

Whitney, K. D., Mudge, J., Natvig, D. O., Sundararajan, A., Pockman, W. T., Bell, J. L., Collins, S. L., & Rudgers, J. A. (2019) · Oecologia · doi:10.1007/s00442-019-04371-7 · Cited by 24

Changes in structure of over‐ and midstory tree species in a Mediterranean‐type forest after an extreme drought‐associated heatwave

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Sensitivity and complacency of sedimentary biogeochemical records to climate-mediated forest disturbances

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Structural and regenerative changes in old-growth piñon–juniper woodlands following drought-induced mortality

Floyd, M. L., Romme, W. H., Rocca, M. E., Hanna, D. P., & Hanna, D. D. (2015) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2014.12.033 · Cited by 25

Inferring drought and heat sensitivity across a Mediterranean forest region in southwest Western Australia: a comparison of approaches

Brouwers, N., van Dongen, R., Matusick, G., Coops, N. C., Strelein, G. J., & Hardy, G. E. S. J. (2015) · Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research · doi:10.1093/forestry/cpv014 · Cited by 23

Climate Change Impacts on Net Ecosystem Productivity in a Subtropical Shrubland of Northwestern México

Verduzco, V. S., Vivoni, E. R., Yépez, E. A., Rodríguez, J. C., Watts, C. J., Tarín, T., Garatuza‐Payán, J., Robles-Morúa, A., & Ivanov, V. Y. (2018) · Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · doi:10.1002/2017jg004361 · Cited by 23

Accuracy of node and bud-scar counts for aging two dominant conifers in western North America

Hankin, L. E., Higuera, P. E., Davis, K. T., & Dobrowski, S. Z. (2018) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.06.001 · Cited by 23

Effects of drought on wildfires in forest landscapes of the Western Ghats, India

Kodandapani, N., & Parks, S. A. (2019) · International Journal of Wildland Fire · doi:10.1071/wf18188 · Cited by 24

Stand carbon density drivers and changes under future climate scenarios across global forests

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Drought drives the pine caterpillars (Dendrolimus spp.) outbreaks and their prediction under different RCPs scenarios: A case study of Shandong Province, China

Bao, Y., Na, L., Han, A., Guna, A., Wang, F., Liu, X., Zhang, J., Wang, C., Tong, S., & Bao, Y. (2020) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118446 · Cited by 23

Monitoring drought events and vegetation dynamics in relation to climate change over mainland China from 1983 to 2016

Ali, S., Zhang, H., Qi, M., Liang, S., Jiang, N., Jia, Q., & Hou, F. (2021) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi:10.1007/s11356-020-12146-4 · Cited by 23

Heatwave frequency and seedling death alter stress-specific emissions of volatile organic compounds in Aleppo pine

Birami, B., Bamberger, I., Ghirardo, A., Grote, R., Arneth, A., Colmán, E. G., Nadal‐Sala, D., & Ruehr, N. K. (2021) · Oecologia · doi:10.1007/s00442-021-04905-y · Cited by 23

Effects of Climate Change on Forest Regeneration in Central Spain

Enríquez‐de‐Salamanca, Á. (2022) · Atmosphere · doi:10.3390/atmos13071143 · Cited by 23

Strategies to mitigate shifts in red oak (Quercus sect. Lobatae) distribution under a changing climate

Rauschendorfer, J. K., Rooney, R., & Külheim, C. (2022) · Tree Physiology · doi:10.1093/treephys/tpac090 · Cited by 23

Patterns and drivers of recent land cover change on two trailing-edge forest landscapes

Rodman, K. C., Crouse, J. E., Donager, J. J., Huffman, D. W., & Meador, A. J. S. (2022) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120449 · Cited by 23

Systemic effects of the vapor pressure deficit on the physiology and productivity of protected vegetables

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Drought determines the growth stability of different dominant conifer species in Central Asia

Du, D., Jiao, L., Wu, X. R., Xue, R., Wei, M., Zhang, P., Li, Q., & Wang, X. (2024) · Global and Planetary Change · doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104370 · Cited by 23

Topography influences the distribution of autumn frost damage on trees in a Mediterranean-type Eucalyptus forest

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Faster growth in warmer winters for large trees in a Mediterranean-climate ecosystem

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Atmospheric and Surface Climate Associated With 1986–2013 Wildfires in North America

Hostetler, S. W., Bartlein, P. J., & Alder, J. R. (2018) · Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · doi:10.1029/2017jg004195 · Cited by 23

Differential Trends of Qinghai Spruce Growth with Elevation in Northwestern China during the Recent Warming Hiatus

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Fire, drought and productivity as drivers of dead wood biomass in eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia

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Minimum and maximum wood density as proxies of water availability in two Mexican pine species coexisting in a seasonally dry area

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Restoration of degraded transitional (piñon–juniper) woodland sites improves ecohydrologic condition and primes understory resilience to subsequent disturbance

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Diurnal and seasonal changes in near‐surface humidity in a complex orography

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Population Dynamics of an Insect Herbivore over 32 Years are Driven by Precipitation and Host-Plant Effects: Testing Model Predictions

Price, P. W., & Hunter, M. D. (2015) · Environmental Entomology · doi:10.1093/ee/nvv039 · Cited by 23

The Wildfires of 1910: Climatology of an Extreme Early Twentieth-Century Event and Comparison with More Recent Extremes

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Resilience and response: Unveiling the impacts of extreme droughts on forests through integrated dendrochronological and remote sensing analyses

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Mortality in Forested Ecosystems: Suggested Conceptual Advances

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Recent land cover changes in the Southwestern US lead to an increase in surface temperature

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Endemic Population Response to Increasingly Severe Fire: A Cascade of Endangerment for the Mt. Graham Red Squirrel

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Enhancement of ecosystem carbon uptake in a dry shrubland under moderate warming: The role of nitrogen‐driven changes in plant morphology

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Growth and response patterns of Picea crassifolia and Pinus tabuliformis to climate factors in the Qilian Mountains, northwest China

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Altered climate memory characterizes tree growth during forest dieback

Marqués, L., Ogle, K., Peltier, D. M. P., & Camarero, J. J. (2021) · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108787 · Cited by 22

Different drought responses of stem water relations and radial increments in Larix principis-rupprechtii and Picea meyeri in a montane mixed forest

Xue, F., Jiang, Y., Dong, M., Wang, M., Ding, X., Yang, X., Cui, M., Xu, H. Z., & Kang, M. (2022) · Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.108817 · Cited by 22

Variation in water supply leads to different responses of tree growth to warming

Zheng, P., Wang, D., Jia, G., Yu, X., Liu, Z., Wang, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2022) · Forest Ecosystems · doi:10.1016/j.fecs.2022.100003 · Cited by 22

Climatic Sensitivities Derived from Tree Rings Improve Predictions of the Forest Vegetation Simulator Growth and Yield Model

Giebink, C. L., DeRose, R. J., Castle, M., Shaw, J. D., & Evans, M. E. K. (2022) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120256 · Cited by 22

Hydraulic trade-off and coordination strategies mediated by leaf functional traits of desert shrubs

Huo, J., Shi, Y., Chen, J., Zhang, H., Li, F., Zhao, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2022) · Frontiers in Plant Science · doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.938758 · Cited by 22

Tree Mortality: Revisited Under Changed Climatic and Silvicultural Conditions

Pretzsch, H., & Grote, R. (2023) · Progress in botany · doi:10.1007/124_2023_69 · Cited by 22

Univariate and bivariate spatiotemporal characteristics of heat waves and relative influence of large-scale climate oscillations over India

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Water Relations and Foliar Isotopic Composition of Prosopis tamarugo Phil., an Endemic Tree of the Atacama Desert Growing at Three Levels of Water Table Depth

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Interannual variations in needle and sapwood traits ofPinus edulisbranches under an experimental drought

Guérin, M., Benito, D. M., von Arx, G., Andreu‐Hayles, L., Griffin, K. L., Hamdan, R., McDowell, N. G., Muscarella, R., Pockman, W. T., & Gentine, P. (2018) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.3743 · Cited by 22

Visual interpretation and time series modeling of Landsat imagery highlight drought's role in forest canopy declines

Bell, D. M., Cohen, W. B., Reilly, M. J., & Yang, Z. (2018) · Ecosphere · doi:10.1002/ecs2.2195 · Cited by 22

The sensitivity of snow ephemerality to warming climate across an arid to montane vegetation gradient

Petersky, R. S., Shoemaker, K. T., Weisberg, P. J., & Harpold, A. A. (2018) · Ecohydrology · doi:10.1002/eco.2060 · Cited by 22

A New Perspective on Terrestrial Hydrologic Intensity That Incorporates Atmospheric Water Demand

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Spatial differences in the radial growth responses of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia Linn.) to climate on the Loess Plateau, China

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Understanding Tree Mortality Patterns: A Comprehensive Review of Remote Sensing and Meteorological Ground-Based Studies

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Water consumption of beech, spruce and Douglas fir in pure and mixed stands in a wet and a dry year – Testing predictions of the iso/anisohydry concept

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Greening of Eurasia's center driven by low-latitude climate warming

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Global prevalence of compound heatwaves from 1980 to 2022

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Increased Drought Impacts on Vegetation Productivity in Drylands Under Climate Change

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Pinyon Pine Mortality Alters Communities of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods

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Improved prediction of Canada lynx distribution through regional model transferability and data efficiency

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How precipitation legacies affect broad-scale patterns of primary productivity: Evidence from the Inner Mongolia grassland

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Sap flow and growth response of Norway spruce under long-term partial rainfall exclusion at low altitude

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High-resolution wildfire simulations reveal complexity of climate change impacts on projected burn probability for Southern California

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