Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

NG McDowell, G Sapes, A Pivovaroff… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Drought-associated woody-plant mortality has been increasing in most regions with multi-
decadal records and is projected to increase in the future, impacting terrestrial climate …

Phosphorus acquisition and utilization in plants

H Lambers - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Tremendous progress has been made on molecular aspects of plant phosphorus (P)
nutrition, often without heeding information provided by soil scientists, ecophysiologists, and …

Prediction and projection of heatwaves

DIV Domeisen, EAB Eltahir, EM Fischer… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Heatwaves constitute a major threat to human health and ecosystems. Projected increases
in heatwave frequency and severity thus lead to the need for prediction to enhance …

Extreme heat increases stomatal conductance and drought‐induced mortality risk in vulnerable plant species

RM Marchin, D Backes, A Ossola… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree mortality during global‐change‐type drought is usually attributed to xylem dysfunction,
but as climate change increases the frequency of extreme heat events, it is necessary to …

Limits to post‐fire vegetation recovery under climate change

RH Nolan, L Collins, A Leigh, MKJ Ooi… - Plant, cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Record‐breaking fire seasons in many regions across the globe raise important questions
about plant community responses to shifting fire regimes (ie, changing fire frequency …

[HTML][HTML] Compound climate events increase tree drought mortality across European forests

A Gazol, JJ Camarero - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change can lead to the simultaneous occurrence of extreme droughts and heat
waves increasing the frequency of compound events with unknown impacts on forests. Here …

Enhancing crop diversity for food security in the face of climate uncertainty

A Zsögön, LEP Peres, Y **ao, J Yan… - The plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global agriculture is dominated by a handful of species that currently supply a huge
proportion of our food and feed. It additionally faces the massive challenge of providing food …

Increased global vegetation productivity despite rising atmospheric dryness over the last two decades

Y Song, W Jiao, J Wang, L Wang - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rising atmospheric dryness [vapor pressure deficit (VPD)] can limit photosynthesis and thus
reduce vegetation productivity. Meanwhile, plants can benefit from global warming and the …

Summer drought exposure, stand structure, and soil properties jointly control the growth of European beech along a steep precipitation gradient in northern Germany

R Weigel, B Bat‐Enerel, C Dulamsuren… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing exposure to climate warming‐related drought and heat threatens forest vitality in
many regions on earth, with the trees' vulnerability likely depending on local climatic aridity …

Long‐term changes in forest response to extreme atmospheric dryness

A Shekhar, L Hörtnagl, N Buchmann… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric dryness, as indicated by vapor pressure deficit (VPD), has a strong influence
on forest greenhouse gas exchange with the atmosphere. In this study, we used long‐term …