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Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest

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Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions in Relation to Natural and Anthropogenic Environmental Changes

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Increasing temperature seasonality may overwhelm shifts in soil moisture to favor shrub over grass dominance in Colorado Plateau drylands

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Extreme late-summer drought causes neutral annual carbon balance in southwestern ponderosa pine forests and grasslands

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Reference conditions are influenced by the physical template and vary by forest type: A synthesis of Pinus ponderosa-dominated sites in the southwestern United States

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Evapotranspiration and favorable growing degree-days are key to tree height growth and ecosystem functioning: Meta-analyses of Pacific Northwest historical data

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Spatial patterns of precipitation-induced moisture availability and their effects on the divergence of conifer stem growth in the western and eastern parts of China’s semi-arid region

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China’s naturally regenerated forests currently have greater aboveground carbon accumulation rates than newly planted forests

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Gas exchange at whole plant level shows that a less conservative water use is linked to a higher performance in three ecologically distinct pine species

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Integrated analysis of the detoxification responses of two Euramerican poplar genotypes exposed to ozone and water deficit: Focus on the ascorbate-glutathione cycle

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Bioclimatic Envelopes for Individual Demographic Events Driven by Extremes: Plant Mortality from Drought and Warming

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Spatio-Temporal Variability in Remotely Sensed Vegetation Greenness Across Yellowstone National Park

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Species-specific and elevation-differentiated responses of tree growth to rapid warming in a mixed forest lead to a continuous growth enhancement in semi-humid Northeast Asia

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Soil water deficit promotes the effect of atmospheric water deficit on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

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Response of dust emissions in southwestern North America to 21st century trends in climate, CO 2 fertilization, and land use: implications for air quality

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Impact of Water Deficit on Seasonal and Diurnal Dynamics of European Beech Transpiration and Time-Lag Effect between Stand Transpiration and Environmental Drivers

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Freezing in a warming climate: Marked declines of a subnivean hibernator after a snow drought

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Growth sensitivity to climate varies with soil moisture regime in spruce–fir forests in central British Columbia

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A Review on Climate Change Impacts on Forest Ecosystem Services in the Mediterranean Basin

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Large-scale high-resolution yearly modeling of forest growing stock volume and above-ground carbon pool

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Acid and calcareous soils affect nitrogen nutrition and organic nitrogen uptake by beech seedlings (Fagus sylvatica L.) under drought, and their ectomycorrhizal community structure

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Reductions in tree performance during hotter droughts are mitigated by shifts in nitrogen cycling

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The timing of drought coupled with pathogens may boost tree mortality

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The trends of non-accidental mortality burden attributed to compound hot-dry events in China and its provinces in a global warming world

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Longitudinal Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response to Wildfire, Bastrop County, Texas

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Influence of climate drivers and the North Atlantic Oscillation on beech growth at marginal sites across the Mediterranean

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Sensitivity of pines in Mexico to temperature varies with age

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Droughty times in mesic places: factors associated with forest mortality vary by scale in a temperate subalpine region

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The U‐shaped pattern of size‐dependent mortality and its correlated factors in a subtropical monsoon evergreen forest

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Sensitivity of recruitment and growth of alpine treeline birch to elevated temperature

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Decoupling the response of vegetation dynamics to asymmetric warming over the Qinghai-Tibet plateau from 2001 to 2020

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Analysing Atmospheric Processes and Climatic Drivers of Tree Defoliation to Determine Forest Vulnerability to Climate Warming

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Seed origin and warming constrain lodgepole pine recruitment, slowing the pace of population range shifts

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Growth response of different tree species (oaks, beech and pine) from SE Europe to precipitation over time

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Global Satellite Retrievals of the Near-Surface Atmospheric Vapor Pressure Deficit from AMSR-E and AMSR2

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Large contribution of in-cloud production of secondary organic aerosol from biomass burning emissions

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Precipitation and soil water thresholds associated with drought-induced mortality of farmland shelter forests in a semi-arid area

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Mortality predispositions of conifers across western USA

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Climate Change Effects on Trophic Interactions of Bark Beetles in Inner Alpine Scots Pine Forests

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Warming induces divergent stomatal dynamics in co‐occurring boreal trees

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Effect of irrigation water pH on the agronomic development of hops in protected cultivation

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TRIPLEX-Mortality model for simulating drought-induced tree mortality in boreal forests: Model development and evaluation

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Frequency of compound hot–dry weather extremes has significantly increased in Australia since 1889

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Towards better characterization of global warming impacts in the environment through climate classifications with improved global models

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Species mixing enhances the resistance of Robinia pseudoacacia L. to drought events in semi-arid regions: Evidence from China's Loess Plateau

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Where can managers effectively resist climate‐driven ecological transformation in pinyon–juniper woodlands of the US Southwest?

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The effects of burn entry and burn severity on ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests in Grand Canyon National Park

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The Role of Climatic Anomalies and Soil Moisture in the Decline of Drought-Prone Forests

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Tree rings reveal a major episode of forest mortality in the late 18th century on the Tibetan Plateau

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Black-backed woodpecker occupancy in burned and beetle-killed forests: Disturbance agent matters

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Tree-Ring Evidence of Forest Management Moderating Drought Responses: Implications for Dry, Coniferous Forests in the Southwestern United States

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Spatiotemporal Drought Assessment Based on Gridded Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) in Vulnerable Agroecosystems

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Observed and projected impacts of climate on radial growth of three endangered conifers in northern Mexico indicate high vulnerability of drought-sensitive species from mesic habitats

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